porshce 928 phone dials?

[72blacksuper]

I have a set of 78' porsche 928 phone dials, their 16x7" they have 225/55zr16's on em. If i get disk brakes will they just bolt on? how will the tire fit be? is this a to big of wheel to go on there? Thanks for any help.

Peace,
Wil

[72blacksuper]

No one knows? Ehh... its not gonna be awhile till i get the disk brakes but i would kinda like to know if their gonna fit or ill start lookin for new wheels and tires too. It's my daily driver so I don't wanna switch over to the disks some weekend and go to put my wheels on and not have em fit, then not have a car to drive cuz the tires rub on everything or rims rub on the coils or somthing weird like that. Once again thanks for any help.

Peace,
Wil

[vujade]

is the car lowerered? How much?

Does it have stock width fenders?

Are you running stock springs or narrow ones?

[72blacksuper]

Uhh. the cars pretty much stock suspension wise. The fenders are stock width too. Coils are stock as far as i know. Its a stock super but its gettin there, its a 72' super beetle if you need to know that i dunno?

Peace,
Wil

[NO_H2O]

I too have a 72 Super, and I am running 16X6 C2's with 205/55/16's in back and 195/50/16's up front. I have the Topline MaxxStrut up front to clear the bigger wheels, I had to remove about 1/3 of the rear bump-stop cup. I am also running 3/8 spacers on all 4. I had 205/55/16's on the front but had a slight tire rub on the left front fender in a hard right turn so I went to a 195/50. Without the MaxxStruts on the front I could not get the wheels on the car. I could maybe have used the Sport Spring and an Adjust-A-Strut but it would have been close. The Phonedials are the older offset I think if so you would skip the 3/8 spacers.

[vujade]

phone dials came in both offsets (23mm & 52mm)

if they are 23 you can skip the spacers and you probably wont rub on the stock springs.

if they are 52, then you will need a 3/8" / 10mm spacer and a narrow spring like the Maxx struts, Kerscher struts or adjusta struts with sport springs.
otherwise you will probably need a 1" bolt on spacer to clear the springs.

[NO_H2O]

I don't think there is anyway to get a 16X7 wheel/tire under the front of a 1302 with stock fenders without a narrow strut spring.

[72blacksuper]

How could i find the offset? could i take the wheel to a tire shop and they could tell me? damn, sucks i cant fit em under stock fenders, im joinin the army so car project goin on hold anyways so ill have quite a bit of money to put in to it in about 6 months...... yea pimpin gl rollin around on a army base bumpin my system revvin my turbo flat four ohh yea...sorry just dreamin.

Peace,
Wil

[NO_H2O]

I didn't say you couldn't get them under stock fenders, I said not with stock springs. You would have to got with the MaxxStruts or something like them. There is a wheel offset calculator sticky thread at the top of the wheel/tire forum.you can use it and do some measuring with a tape and strait edge and see if they will fit. You might have to down size the tires.

[PunchBug]

...please....restrain yourself....the word "pimpin" belongs over on the rice board....

The offset is marked on the inside of the wheel - right next to the size. It'll look something like - 16x7ET23.3

HTH,

[72blacksuper]

K, sorry bout the word choice I'm not a ricer, far from it. So for the tires say maybe a 210 or 205/ 45/ r16, would that work. So if my wheels are 23 for the offset, then I could fit them under stock fenders with new coils? What coils would be the best for say around $300? Once again thanks for the help I'm a new person at all this tire and wheel fiting stuff.

Peace,
Wil

[vujade]

Originally Posted by 72blacksuper

K, sorry bout the word choice I'm not a ricer, far from it. So for the tires say maybe a 210 or 205/ 45/ r16, would that work. So if my wheels are 23 for the offset, then I could fit them under stock fenders with new coils? What coils would be the best for say around $300? Once again thanks for the help I'm a new person at all this tire and wheel fiting stuff.

Peace,
Wil

you need to look on the inside of the wheel, not the tires for the markings.

if it is a 23mm offset, they should fit without new springs, but they will probably stick out past the edge of the fender.

if it is a 52mm offset, they will need narrow springs/struts and a 10mm spacer to fit and will not stick out past the edge of the fender.

[mrsmythe]

phone dials came in both offsets (23mm & 52mm)

these are the teledials that came on 944s, if they are from a 928 then they have a 65mm offset.