Porsche Wheels

[Louie2shoes]

Hi everyone. I’m looking to get a set of 16” Porsche manhole covers for my 71 Fastback. I know I need to drill my disks and hubs to swap to 5 x 130 but my question is around what wheel width I should be looking for. I believe the Porsche wheels are staggered with 6” up front and 7” at the back. I will also be lowering the car but probably not slammed. Am I likely to run into any clearance issues with those sizes?

Thank you

[broady_6]

You will probably find the fronts rub at full lock, and the rear will touch the wings over bumps, depending on how low you go.

[Louie2shoes]

Cheers Broady, I’ve since read on the Samba that ideally it needs to be 6” all round to stand any chance, which I think was two sets of fronts. That’ll be fun finding those!

[veedweeb]

Cheers Broady, I’ve since read on the Samba that ideally it needs to be 6” all round to stand any chance, which I think was two sets of fronts. That’ll be fun finding those!

I happen to have a set of 4 6" wide 928 wheel for sale. With excellent Toyo Proxes tyres as well. They're 205/55 16s for the rear and 195/45 fronts (I'll have to check the front size but I think that's what they are)

Here's a pic of the wheels in question on my Beetle

[Louie2shoes]

Thanks Steve, that’s interesting. Please come back to me when you know and we’ll go from there.

[veedweeb]

I'll send you a PM about them