Early 944 T rear brakes and alu arms + 15" spacesaver?

[-Alex-]

I will have soon early 944 turbo rear brakes and aluminium trailingarms. I'd like to have a usable 15" sparetire which would fit to under front to 72 std beetle.

Would porsche 15" spacesaver wheel fit to rear, if i have this brake setup?


-Alex

[evilC]

You will struggle to get any porsche standard wheels under standard arches since the alloy arms will provide increased track. I couldn't get the standard steel spare under the arches of our '03 Super with 924S alloy arms (the narrower alloy ones)
If someone knows different I would be pleased to know.

Clive

[Wally]

I think he is not concerned with width to fender, but rather about clearence wrt the brakes?
The red alu 15" space savers will clear the rear brakes, but depending on disk size of the 944T (I forgot), it will or will not. My 304mmx32mm from a M030 turbo option did clear the 15"space saver so I would be surprised if it didn't clear the normal 944T front brakes.

[evilC]

I have 928S4 4 pot calipers on the rear that are very similar to 944 turbo calipers. The caliper does foul the 15" wheels and I have spaced the wheels outboard to give a clearance. I have used 40mm Porsche alloy spacers and with the calipers set 5mm closer to the axle line (944N/A brake rotors) I have about 10mm of clearance. With the choice of alloy trailing arm I was forced to contemplate wider arches. The ones that I got were +70mm (I think) and therefore I have plenty of space to widening the track to clear brakes.

Clive

[-Alex-]

Yes of course i will have widened fenders, probably remmele epoxy or kerscher 6cm wider fenders. Wheels will be porsche 17", rears 9" and fronts 7", with new offset. Alu trailing arms are from 85-86 944 turbo.

Front brakes are from kerscher, boxster calipers and vented disks.