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fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

To the OP:

http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=21373

or look up and browse through the wheel thread topic.

Now that you're armed with information, go hit up google image search and seek out Mustang or Porsche wheels that you might like the shape of. Copy those images to your computer and open them in MSPaint, Gimp or Photoshop and change their color. Keep going until you find one YOU like.

We all have different opinions and feelings on what looks good. In the end it is your car and your money. Do what you like.
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1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Jakkq · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 810 Location: Omaha, Nebraska

Would any basket weaves fit on a 924? I'd love to put some colored ones on mine.
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fiat22turbo · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 4040 Location: Portland, OR

You'd have to do a little research on that.

I know that the Mclaren and Saleen Mustangs of the early-mid eighties had them in 4-lug (4x4.25"/4x108mm) form. Like was posted before, watch the offset.

My 79 has some, but it came to me running adapters to convert from the 4x4.25/4x108mm bolt pattern to the Porsche 5x130mm pattern. The wheels on my car apparently were made by Ceres and are 16" in diameter by 7" wide.

http://924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=23940&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=210&sid=cc1dcbef32768908ceb4c6ea175ecfaf
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1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

924guy · Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:38 am Post subject:

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Rial also has some very nice style rims that are period appropriate, and look a lot like the BBS rims of that era. Here's what's going on my UWB project:

Just acquired these about a month ago. 7" up front and 9" in back. Lips will be highly polished, and centers will be painted body color.
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Jakkq · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 810 Location: Omaha, Nebraska

Where did you get those from?
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

A french canadian via eBay.
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Jakkq · Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 810 Location: Omaha, Nebraska

Know of any online stores that would sell those? Or something similar?
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

The only place I've ever seen Rials are on eBay, so I suspect they're no longer manufactured. I am not aware of any aftermarket manufacturers that make a wheel similar to these or the BBS. Best option is to troll eBay and Craigslist. Took me over a year to find these.
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EivindOla · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 20 Location: Norway

Personally, I don't care for the Fuchs painted body color:

This is just what MY car looks like!

Glad you liked it!

Centers will be black later this year...
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gohim · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 4459 Location: Rialto, CA

Some US 79 924s have five bolt wheels and four wheel disc brakes. they were optional on the Sebring Special Edition. I don't know if the four wheel discs were available as options on standard cars. Porsche has a history of making some parts only available as parts of packages (some examples: rear hatch spoiler, berber cloth interior, machine finish ATS BBS basketweave 4-bolt wheels, and rear mud guards on the 81 Weissach Special Edition). These parts became orderable options for the 82 model year (except for the special finish wheels).

The brake parts had 928 part numbers (is it any wonder, that later 924 and 944 cars can use many of the same service parts (caliper seal kits, brake caliper hardware, rotors, brake pads, etc...)?

Narrow Fuchs wheels are available, but as has been already pointed out some wheel offset are scarce and expensive. 6s and 7s is what would work. The problem would be finding them, and the price.

huckster · Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 115 Location: Burnaby B.C.

I have some 14 inch four spoke fuchs look alikes they are four bolts 6.75 frount 7.75 rear had them straghtend and polished they ended up costing me alot of money and the 14 inch tires You can get are not very good .
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79 parts car sea foam. blue new clutch and shifter bushings
79 driver yellow new shocks water pump shifter bushings
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Mahatma Gadhni · Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 162 Location: Croatia

Has anyone considered these? They look like fuchs pretty much IMO

http://www.revolutionwheels.com/5-spoke/
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Oooooh, I love the four spoke modulars!

The problem is, they don't specify the bolt pattern or offsets...
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