My 1989 911 Project (Sorry, non-E30, non-BMW content)

[bmwm3n528]

Stunner!

As much as I love the Fuchs, the big-money Ruf 16s would look dyno-mite!

[RainierHooker]

That looks killer. I even love the stock wheels, they are just so iconicly Porsche.

[325ix]

That is a nice car!

[Mstngcobr761]

Ive always loved these cars....but so out of my price range

[Dave McLaren]

this new thread has delighted me.

+1

[constructor]

Thanks guys. I got it back just in time to put it away for the winter. Wheels and some tweaking next year maybe.

[RainierHooker]

You mean you're not going to be driving that beauty during a NY winter?

/sarcasm

[constructor]

I was thinking about getting snows... is that not recommended?

[bimmerboy12]

gorgeous car DONT drive in the snow!

[RainierHooker]

I know its winter, but any updates?

[constructor]

I know its winter, but any updates?

Your E30 is looking fantastic by the way.




I have a very minor update since it is winter and the 911 is sitting in the garage with the battery out.


I picked up a nice pair of original 16x7 Fuchs wheels to replace the 16x6's up front and had them color matched and mounted. I got them for just over $100 a piece shipped.

It turns out that I already have 16x8's on the rear so I figured that there is no reason to spend big money on a pair of 16x9's. I plan on using a small spacer on the rear so that they sit a bit more even with the fronts.

As you can see the new fronts do a better job filling the wheel wells.

I apologize for the bad pictures. That is a s far as I wanted to push the car out of the garage.








I also picked up a cheap set of BBS RS to mix things up.
They are currently 16x7 et23 front and 16x8 et11 rear. I plan on getting 17" lips (1" up front and 2.5" rear) and barrels and stripping the centers and repainting them the original BBS gold. It is unfortunate that someone painted these red. The gold looked like it was in pretty good shape in the few areas that the red had flaked off. The final outcome will be 17x7 et23 and 17x9 et11.

[Miasma]

Very nice!

[8380 Labs]

very nice car.

just an FYI, if you add 1" to the width of the rear RSs with wider lips, the offset will no longer be the original et11, it would be et-1.

[constructor]

Thanks for the compliment.

I am adding .5" to the lip and .5" to the barrel of the 8" et11 to get 9" et11. The 8 currently has a 2" lip and a 5.5" barrel.

I will be doing all new 17" lips and barrels on all 4 16" centers.

[bimmer_E30]

wow very nice indeed.