[T3] wheel advice
Mike Fisher
fisherfarms at gmail.com
Fri Jun 24 18:53:35 PDT 2011
I have a set of OG 2.0 Liter Fuchs 914 Porsche wheels for sale off a
'66 sunroof square parts car that I think are good looking wheels that
fit good!
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:19 PM, crash 69 <dhbadeer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bob,
>
> That's why I'm looking for different rims than what I currently have. Any
> advice on what might work?
> Thanks
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:57 PM, <Bobsnotch at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/24/2011 6:38:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> dhbadeer at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I've read many, many threads on this in the Samba and looked at lots of
>> pictures, but I'm still having trouble deciding what to do.
>>
>> The car:
>> 65 Square
>> "mild custom" with two tone paint
>> stock wide 5 drums all around
>> currently has EMPI 5 spokes (wrong offset) with 165s and 135s (came with
>> car)
>> slightly lowered
>> some pics in the Type 3 Registry
>>
>> What I'd like:
>> different look than stock
>> correct offset
>> use 185 or 195 tires, same size all around
>> maintain stock drums
>> no rubbing issues
>>
>> I like the look of the current set up, but not the skinny tires up front,
>> with bigger ones in back. Plus, I don't have a spare at all (not good).
>> I'm a "spirited" driver, so cornering with the 135s up front is a bit of a
>> joke.
>>
>> Ideas and opinions are welcome.
>> Dan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately. to get equal sized tires on all 4 corners with the current
>> rims requires raising the car up. Sorry.
>>
>> Bob 65 Notch S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
>> 71 Notch (Krunchy)
>> 64 T-34 Ghia (Wolfie)
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