Wheel Help , correct me if I'm wrong
 

Here is what I think I know.

944 Vented Brakes add about 1 inch to both the front and rear track width.

17"x7" wheels with a 40mm offset will fit a bug with stock brakes.

That said a 17"x7" wheel with a 40mm offset will make the wheel stick out of the fender by 1". So 1" wider fenders would correct this?

So how wrong am I?


Thanks for the help......

I'm assuming you want a 17x7 et 40mm wheel on 944 brakes. this isn't mentioned above.

Your logic works .. but where can you get a 17x7 porsche wheel with a 40mm offset ?

944 Brakes require the use of a 5x130mm wheel.

Sandeep

ah you are right , you can't get Porsche wheels with these specs, but you can get modifed 944 hubs front & rear! This was the biggest problem from the start, the wheels I want are the NB BRM'S in 17". I'm going for a Cal-look meets GL look.

Modified 944 hubs ? How ? More info please !

Sandeep

I 've been working with Uwe at www.mbt-engineering.de , the only thing I'll have to do is have the rear disc re-drilled for my lug pattern which I have a local machine shop that will do it for cheap.

Sounds cool ! I can see how you would mod the rears ... looks straight forward, and then drill the rotors to match.

What about the fronts ? Could you also use a ghia rotor and machine down the rotor part until you are left with a hub ? Redrill the hub to the correct bolt pattern and then mount the redrilled rotor ? The ghia 'Hub' would also have the correct bearings for the spindle !

Just a thought but please keep us updated ! :D

Sandeep

mbt is going to modify their hub for the 5/100 bolt pattern , so it will just bolt right up, I'll have a complete 944 setup with all factory replacment parts (except hubs) and I get to run the wheels I want. I hope my calcualtions and deductions are right , I really want my car to look a cetain way.