944 Wheels

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i 2nd zcacogp & up stakes with steering wheel alterations.

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: ad

i 2nd zcacogp & up stakes with steering wheel alterations.

Hey, don't get me started on steering wheels! (See here: http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=238495 )


Oli. (Quite normal in many other respects!)


(Drat, can't link to the other thread properly. Copy and paste the hyperlink into your browser - don't click on it, it all goes awry. Bit like cars with non-standard wheels and silly steering wheels really ... )

 

[DivineE]

I have to admit I agree with the theory of keeping it original but personally really don't like the design 90's I think they look too flat and make the car look thin and tall. I like to see 944's with deep set wheels I think this makes them look alot wider and beefier. The 9.5J turbo deep dish fuchs with the black centres are my absolute favorites but are too rare to find at acceptable prices. The original Turbo teledials from the 86 944 turbo are my favorite of the standard fitments.

 

[Mikie_gb]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp

Bit of a rant, but WHY DOES EVERYONE WANT TO CHANGE THEIR WHEELS?

No, seriously. These are Porsche 944's - they aren't a bunch of barry-boy Nova's, Fiestas or Saxo's. The car was made with the D90's on it, and they suit the look of the car brilliantly. It is as the manufacturer intended the car to be. They are also the right size, so keep the handling dynamics as they should be, and are easy to clean.

Added to this, the D90 is a light, strong wheel which does the job as well as or better than almost every other wheel out there. Low weight is desirable, and the D90 fits the bill.

I cannot (and never have been able to) understand the 'change the wheels' mentality. That way leads to chav-dom.


OK, rant over, as you were chaps.


Oli.

This coming from someone who started a thread about slapping a V8 into a 944? (even if you don't want to do it yourself).

Personally a pile of sh!t 1980s style wheels set on fire using a magnesium D90 as a starter brick would please me no end.

Darren, my '87 teledials went into the crusher at the local tip and I drove off with the sound of 15inch tyres exploding off the hatefully ugly rims as the hydralics did their worst. The Cup 3's were an excellent investment and make a good 20 year old car a great 20 year old car to look at AND drive.

I would argue the toss about me being a chav, but I would rather go back to penning volume two of my design thesis on the 'Design of an Automotive and Architectural Foundry vol. 2: Sustainability in a High Energy Consumption Context'.

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: Mikie_gb
This coming from someone who started a thread about slapping a V8 into a 944? (even if you don't want to do it yourself).

Personally a pile of sh!t 1980s style wheels set on fire using a magnesium D90 as a starter brick would please me no end.

Darren, my '87 teledials went into the crusher at the local tip and I drove off with the sound of 15inch tyres exploding off the hatefully ugly rims as the hydralics did their worst. The Cup 3's were an excellent investment and make a good 20 year old car a great 20 year old car to look at AND drive.

I would argue the toss about me being a chav, but I would rather go back to penning volume two of my design thesis on the 'Design of an Automotive and Architectural Foundry vol. 2: Sustainability in a High Energy Consumption Context'.

Whoah there big boy! No offence intended, and none taken, I hope.

You want to change your wheels; go ahead and do it. No-one is calling you a chav. Just saying that big wheels are a mark of chavvy behaviour.

V8's in 944's? I guess I see modifications from a Chapman-esque viewpoint. Does it make the car accelerate harder, go faster, stop better or corner more precisely? (OK, in these Stern-esque times we can also add 'does it make it more fuel-efficient?' to the list.) If it doesn't do any of these things, don't bother with it.

V8's ... accelerate harder? Yes. Go quicker? Yes.
Big bling wheels? None of the above.


Oli.

ETA: All the best with your thesis. I'm sure there is a post-modern irony in the title. Also glad that your 944 is now proper red again. Why can't someone make a red paint which is optically stable?

 

[rajagger]

As for me, I just want to get rid of my hideous cookie cutters!!!! So..... Design 90's will do just fine thanks!

Richard

 

[Mikie_gb]

Tongue firmly in my cheek. []. (small tongue and big cheek so it is hard to spot)

A magnesium rim aflame would have livened up Guy Fauks no end.

I was asked to remove the word 'apocolypse' from the thesis title thus making it more post modern and less deconstructive.

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: Mikie_gb

Tongue firmly in my cheek. []. (small tongue and big cheek so it is hard to spot)

Sorry, should have looked more closely ...

I was asked to remove the word 'apocolypse' from the thesis title thus making it more post modern and less deconstructive.

Excellent!

Oli.

 

[Fen]

I think Porsche would have specified bigger wheels when the cars were new, but the tyre technology just wasn't available cost effectively. The 968 got 17" rims on its better handling versions and its chassis is effectively a 944 S2 under the skin.

I also personally wouldn't fit any non-Porsche wheel (in fact I only like Cup1's, with Cup 2 just about passable) and I'm leaving the lozenge in the 964. It only went in the 944 to get something dished with a suede rim for better performance.