Fuchs for Cup 3 alloy swap anyone?
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Copperman05
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Those are standard rear calipers, forged club sports should fit, rears will be 9", if front offset is 65 it may need a spacer, but would have thought offset is actually 55 so will fit fine.
TBO I think black wheels on a red car look great, but for me the D90/clubsport wheel dont hold the colour well, too much metal on face of wheel which exaggerates the wheels and makes them look small, gives grey tyres and big side walls. If you want black the smaller spoked wheels look better.
Edd
TBO I think black wheels on a red car look great, but for me the D90/clubsport wheel dont hold the colour well, too much metal on face of wheel which exaggerates the wheels and makes them look small, gives grey tyres and big side walls. If you want black the smaller spoked wheels look better.
Edd
deafasapost
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thanks for the info re your child seats, very helpful.
Neil Haughey
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Teledials look great IMHO if in the early offset with their deep dish look, like on an 85 turbo. Always liked the looks of the forged slot style wheels from the 928. ISTR they were very expensive new and pretty rare.
The 968 16" cup ones are great wheels for a track car which is why I have them on my race car. Slightly lighter than D90's and of course plenty of space between the spokes for cooling.
Its a shame the difference in offset on the Fuchs is so massive, if it was a bit smaller they could be ideal for wide tracking the car for track/race work without the use of spacers. Like pretty much everyone else racing these cars I use pretty big spacers, 19 mm all round in my case. Would look fantastic if on deep dish wheels instead.
There is a spanish company called Braid who also make a Fuchs style wheel for Porsches. Unfortunately I didn't see any options from them that would be ideal for our cars but I guess they could do a custom job for those feeling especially flush.
The 968 16" cup ones are great wheels for a track car which is why I have them on my race car. Slightly lighter than D90's and of course plenty of space between the spokes for cooling.
Its a shame the difference in offset on the Fuchs is so massive, if it was a bit smaller they could be ideal for wide tracking the car for track/race work without the use of spacers. Like pretty much everyone else racing these cars I use pretty big spacers, 19 mm all round in my case. Would look fantastic if on deep dish wheels instead.
There is a spanish company called Braid who also make a Fuchs style wheel for Porsches. Unfortunately I didn't see any options from them that would be ideal for our cars but I guess they could do a custom job for those feeling especially flush.
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Neil - the 928 had various versions of the slot wheels, S2s were the first with 7Jx16 60ish offset all round some later ones had 8Jx16 65ish offset rears and I believe 8 and 9s even later and they are not too expensive (£220 for the 7" set I bought)
944s had 7 and 8s normal 50ish offset (as I now have) as an option on '86 cars and 9" for the Turbos - lots of variations!
944s had 7 and 8s normal 50ish offset (as I now have) as an option on '86 cars and 9" for the Turbos - lots of variations!
Telster
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Well, thanks to Sandy (u63af), and his unique, somewhat menacing, black powder-coated, forged Club Sport alloys, I'm now back to 16".
The difference is night and day! I had expected the ride to improve a lot because I knew how my old coupe rode on 16", but surprised about the improvement in both grip and handling too. Now I really don't understand why people ruin their cars with big alloys! Thanks for all the help guys.
The difference is night and day! I had expected the ride to improve a lot because I knew how my old coupe rode on 16", but surprised about the improvement in both grip and handling too. Now I really don't understand why people ruin their cars with big alloys! Thanks for all the help guys.
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