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flosho · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: 16 inch phone dials

Right now I'm running 225/60/15 rear and 215/60/15 right now on stock spiderwebs.

I just purchased some 16 inch phone dials now.. I think they are 16x7 and 16x8.

Not sure if the 8's will fit, but if not i will trade them for 7s.

I would just like your opinion on tie sizes. I'm thinking:

225/45/16 rear
215/45/16 front

? or is there a better combo? possibly 205/215 instead? My car is lowered front and rear, so if I have to roll the rear fenders, I will.

For actual tire brand I'm thinking maybe toyo proxes 4 or some falkens.. possibly fk452 or ziex ze 512 or aziens rt615(would be sweet).
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I'd go taller.
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flosho · Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject:

-nick · Joined: 16 Nov 2002 Posts: 2699 Location: Cambridge, MA

205/55/16 and 225/50/16 are stock Porsche circumference sizes. I would stick with them. There is a wide selection of tires in those sizes too, so you won't be limited. Plus you won't have to worry about the speedo.

The 7/8" phone dials should work fine. It's possible that you might need a small ~5mm spacer on the fronts.
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Lizard · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:33 am Post subject:

I would go with 225 all around, or 225/235 F/R split.
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

225s up front might be a bit of a workout in the parking lot. . .
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Lizard · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:24 am Post subject:

Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Yeah, and what ratio steering rack did General Dynamics install in that thing?
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Paul · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:52 am Post subject:

New U joints for the steering shaft soon....
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Paul, you're like the Ghost of Failures Future. . .
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flosho · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:54 am Post subject:

Lizard · Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:38 am Post subject:

ic932 · Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 1104 Location: UK

i was under the impression that the only 16 inch "phone dials" were the 86' 951 rims? in which case the offset would be 23mm. i'd be suprised if the 8 inch rears fitted even without using the stock 21mm spacer.

due to the limited availability of these rims it would be easy to sell/trade them for a good set of D90's or even 17inch cup's.

as far as width goes, i once ran 9 inch "silver rose" drop forged rims on the rear of my 932. i was also using 951 (86) alloy trailling arms (equivellent to running the steel arms WITH the spacer). these rims were 16x9 ET 60. they fitted perfectly.

Paul · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject:

Joes924Racer · Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject:

Your thinkin a lil small.. its tempting just too small
Hey you like white letters on your tires.

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