Which set of wheels

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: Suffolk944

As everyone is getting excited about 16" wheels, I have a set of outrageously light Turbo option 928 style (Drain lid [8|]) wheels sitting in my shed. Better still they are shod the barely used Pirelli P Zero C track tyres.

I am sick of tripping over them and would look to them departing my premisses for fairly insubstantial remuneration - ie pretty cheap. The tyres are superb on the track and road legal so you don't have to chuck a second set of wheels in the car.

Oooh interesting - would the offsets be suitable for my car ?

I see no reason why not. They came off my car which has ABS etc.

 

[Tam Lin]

ORIGINAL: edh

Well it was worth a try [] - I'll just have to find a third set somewhere.

..you'd think people would offload these safety risks as quickly as possible, wouldn't you..[]

If you do find a third set, and the 7x16 fronts are surplus to requirements, give me a bell. I'd add those to my eclectic collection of mis-matched track-day wheels...

I'm running the 993 7x16 fronts, as they are about the lightest non-forged wheel with "my" offset that I've found.

 

[random hero]

Regarding d90's what width sizes did they come in,not just for the 944 but 964/928 ??

 

[944 man]

Originally 6" for 964 fronts; 7" for 944 S2 fronts and 8" for 964 and 944 S2 rears. Later in 7.5" and 9".

 

[random hero]

That means the front pair i have lined up are actually a front and a rear then !!

 

[944 man]

6" & 8" are very common, but the 7" wheels were much rarer. This is why so many 944s have sets with a 6" front, as they were plentiful when 964 owners sold them off having fitted inferior Cup replicas in the early nineties. Im sure that I'll be shouted down, but I was always under the impression that rims larger than 8" were forged. I moved from an '88 SE to a 968 though, so I didnt actually own a car that had them fitted.

 

[random hero]

Were the silver rose forged wheels painted or polished ??. The 2 d90's i picked up turn out to be a 7.5 and an 8.

 

[Frenchy]

Polished and anodisied in between the spokes, when you see D90 and forged beside one another you can see the differences the spoke on the forged wheel is quite thin nor do they have a rimm unlike some of the D90's

 

[steve 944t]

I am looking into getting my forged alloys refurbished. They have been painted at some point and are badly pitted. I am considering having them painted anthracite - does the original anodising process have any bearing on how they should be refurbed?

 

[sawood12]

Shouldn't do. Anodising creates an oxidised surface layer that is only microns thick so any paint prep work that is done on the alloys will have this layer removed.

 

[TTM]

I looked into having my set of CS wheels re anodised as they were white when I got them but, and for what it's worth, the company I used told me that from their experience how the alloy had aged had a strong influence in the result of the anodising and they could not guarantee they could get them to look "as new" (I ended up choosing having them redone in the same light metallic grey as 17" Cup 1/Cup 2 wheels, which is a fair bit lighter than the D90's grey. They now look great and are easy to clean []).

Would be interested to know if there are companies in the UK who can refurbish anodised wheels for a decent price.

 

[MarkK]

Jasmine will do it,i asked a few years ago,it was expensive though (can't remember a figure), so ended up painting them silver,i think i prefer them painted for cleaning like you said.One of these days i am going to get my spare set painted glossy black.

 

[sawood12]

I had a set of wheels on a golf powder coated in metallic silver. A bit pricier but it was a superb finish, very easy to clean and kept their brand new look over a good number of years.

 

[steve 944t]

ORIGINAL: sawood12

Shouldn't do. Anodising creates an oxidised surface layer that is only microns thick so any paint prep work that is done on the alloys will have this layer removed.

Good news. Thanks Scott.