964 - New Wheels

[Markh]

GC8 said:

My choice would be 7"/7.5"/8" front and 9" rear Design90s - the original wheels upsized.

D90's look great, but they do not clear my brake up grades

[OlberJ]

I've got the car in Tue avo for some fettling. If that doesn't cure it I'm buying cup1s.

[Markh]

OlberJ said:

I've got the car in Tue avo for some fettling. If that doesn't cure it I'm buying cup1s.

Good luck with that, as a thought it took me over a year to find an original set in good condition with correct offset

[Markh]

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Oooooh good question, am sure one of our arbiters will be along soon give judgement!!


Have just actually been to try and get two new rear tyres for it this morning with no luck

[fastgerman]

[OlberJ]

The sarcasm is strong in this one.

Nice wheels, ste setup.

[GC8]

Id have expected a 225/45/17 front with a 255/40/17 rear.

[thegreenhell]

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Beautiful car. Midnight blue is one of my favourite colours for a 964.

255/40-17 and 205/50-17 are the correct OEM sizes for a 964 on 17s.

[GC8]

Wont such a disparity between front and rear promote understeer?

[boxsey]

GC8 said:

Wont such a disparity between front and rear promote understeer?

You can fit 225/45/17 on the front to reduce understeer but as thegreenhell has already said, the factory fitment is 205/50/17. If understeer is an issue, you're better off addressing that with suspension, anti-roll bar and geo changes rather than fitting wider tyres.

[jazzybee]

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Beautiful car! However, has anybody put this picture in the bad parking thread??

[GC8]

boxsey said:

GC8 said:

Wont such a disparity between front and rear promote understeer?

You can fit 225/45/17 on the front to reduce understeer but as thegreenhell has already said, the factory fitment is 205/50/17. If understeer is an issue, you're better off addressing that with suspension, anti-roll bar and geo changes rather than fitting wider tyres.

Perhaps, but you can create understeer in an otherwise correctly set up vehicle by over-tyreing the rear or under-tyring the front.

I havent owned a coil spring air cooled car though so I cant comment further and I see that 225 is indeed only the suggested front size for 265/35(18) rears.

[OlberJ]

The 16s I have now are 205 front, 225 rear.

[erics]

Markh said:

Was so mortified by erica's comments, could no sleep so I scoured the web until I found the correct wheels for my disfigured 964, thank you so much for showing me the error of my ways...........................Phew

Much better..

[erics]

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Spooky, after i sold my 964rs, i bought a vanilla c2. Was identical to this albeit lhd.

Much much nicer to drive all around than the rs.

In fact, seeing your pictures, it is so pretty it hurts.

Are these genuine cup1s or replicas?

[erics]

GC8 said:

My choice would be 7"/7.5"/8" front and 9" rear Design90s - the original wheels upsized.

It looks like the car is one of the extremely rare 964 c4 rs. Only one or two were produced and they had mag d90s.

[OlberJ]

964 C4 LWT i think it was called. Super, super cool IMO.

[GC8]

Around twenty produced I believe. I hadnt even thought about C4 lightweights for over a decade though...

[clinchy]

You can never have enough wheels LOL it's an Illness

Just need a set of 17s to cover all the bases

[Wozy68]

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Correct tyre size for the front of a 964. Important to keep the fronts this size. Ruins the front end feel with larger tyres IMO. I've been there.