Here's one shot of my new wheels. It's just set beside the car. Front 17x6, Rear 17x8 with Continental ExtremeContact Sport tires. Looking forward to Spring to getting them on the car and trying them out.
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Very nice!
All very nice, Bob. No surprise there...good on ya !
Great looking wheel, Bob!
It must be a huge relief to you that the P crest lines up with the valve stem.
I love those, Bob! 
Love those Bob, the icings on the cake.
Hey, Bob...... Those are very nice!
I happened to like the old ones, too,
But those look a little more, I dunno......
Refined, maybe? Or maybe the proper word is "aggressive".
Or maybe just plain "Cool".
The Speedstah Guy from Grafton.
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WOW!
Very cool Bob!
Sacto Mitch posted:
Great looking wheel, Bob!
It must be a huge relief to you that the P crest lines up with the valve stem.
Well, I guess if you are going to fake it, you might as well do it properly. Actually, that was my major concern when the wheels were being assembled...
And, Gordon, I never could stand the original P wheels on the car, but they stood in until I could get the ones made that I wanted.
Are you gettting centers with IM shields?
Those look Awesome.
Dude.
OMG Bob. It took a while but you definitely got it RIGHT!
Congrats!
Wheels make a car and... youz dun rite Bob !
Forgive me Bob for I have sinned :~)
Those look very appropriately badass.
Great choice 
IaM-Ray posted:Are you gettting centers with IM shields?
Those look Awesome.
I may do that, Ray. IM can do them, or the wheel guy can.
I was going to do it for my Fuchs, I think at the time they were like $95 each or so but we got busy on other things and the P work fine. I would probably get a quote from both but you might get them faster from your local guy. I would think IM can give you art work.
@Bob: IM S6 WOW! Those will certainly give your car a whole new BAD-A$$ look!
Classy car jewelry!!
Bob. Sweeeeeeet!
What a fantastic looking car! Please post a few more pics, this is an inspirational pic.
Any details on the car/build you can share would be appreciated.
Happy new year.
racedog911 posted:What a fantastic looking car! Please post a few more pics, this is an inspirational pic.
Any details on the car/build you can share would be appreciated.
Happy new year.
Thanks. Here are a few links that will give you more information on the car. It's a great build and I love it. (btw, I am not a physician as the rcn magazine article states - that was their error). Thanks for Gordon Nichols for the Youtube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtWj9LEKELc
http://flatsixes.com/cars/pors...-intermeccanica-356/
Bob's taste in wheels certainly has improved since that first set he picked up on eBay:
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We are doomed as a society 😩!😂
Those are incredible looking wheels. 1000% percent better than the P wheels that were on your car previously. They were way out of place on the Speedster.
Sacto Mitch posted:
Bob's taste in wheels certainly has improved since that first set he picked up on eBay:
You dissin' me, Mitch? Those wheels were bitchin'. Gave me lots of respect in the hood...
Robert M posted:Those are incredible looking wheels. 1000% percent better than the P wheels that were on your car previously. They were way out of place on the Speedster.
Robert. They were wheels that Henry had that fit the car at the time, until I could get the wheels made that I wanted. Some people love those D90 P wheels, but I am glad to be rid of them.
Bob: IM S6 posted:Robert M posted:Those are incredible looking wheels. 1000% percent better than the P wheels that were on your car previously. They were way out of place on the Speedster.
Robert. They were wheels that Henry had that fit the car at the time, until I could get the wheels made that I wanted. Some people love those D90 P wheels, but I am glad to be rid of them.
I trusted you to make a great choice, and you knocked it out of the park, Bob. Those wheels are befitting of that car.
Home run on all fronts. Send the 928 wheels down the road to somebody who will love them.
Dos wheelz be stolen by 4pm in broad daylight :~)
Sacto Mitch posted:
Bob's taste in wheels certainly has improved since that first set he picked up on eBay:
Thanks a lot Mitch. I was just getting ready to have breakfast and I totally lost my appetite.
Sacto Mitch posted:
Alan Merklin posted:Dos wheelz be stolen by 4pm in broad daylight :~)
And that would be a good thing- probably come close to paying for the set he's putting on the car now! 
@Bob: IM S6- It's going to be da bomb, Bob! 205's and 225's?
Al:
205/50 for the front, and 225/45 for the rear (17")
Those 17 inch wheels will make the car alot more responsive I would think.
What ET did you have to use on the front and the back? Did you order the same ET as the D90 wheels?
Just wondering.
I am planning to document my own Fuchs as I have no clue what they are for ET etc.
IaM-Ray posted:Those 17 inch wheels will make the car alot more responsive I would think.
What ET did you have to use on the front and the back? Did you order the same ET as the D90 wheels? Just wondering.
I am planning to document my own Fuchs as I have no clue what they are for ET etc.
Are your wheels original Fuchs, Ray? What size(s) are they?
@Bob: IM S6- 205's and 225's are the same widths as what's on the car now?
Yes Al, they are 16 inch ... 7 inch rears and 6 inch fronts
Your 16x6" wheels (911.361.020.43 early, 911.362.113.00 late) will have 36 mm offset and 112 mm backspacing. I don't know the reason for the different part #'s or if there are any differences in the wheels themselves, but they fit (and as far as I know, look) the same.
For the 16x7" wheels there are 3 different part #'s: the first 2- 911.361.020.44- early 1977-'84 911.362.115.00- late '85 on
are (like the 16x6" wheel) essentially the same wheel, have the extra inch added to the outside (as I believe yours are, but I'm not 100% sure), and have 23.3 mm offset and 112 mm backspacing.
There was a 16x7" Fuchs wheel made for the 944 (951.362.115.00) and it's made like the super rare (and uber expensive) 15x7" '67 911R wheel with the inch added to the inside- 49 mm offset, 138 mm backspacing. This would be a cool way to add a slightly wider tire/wheel package to the back of a Speedster!
Question (for anyone out there)- is ET the same as offset?
For reference- https://members.rennlist.com/911pcars/WheelWts.html
And the visual, with a couple of notes- the 911 16x6 and 16x7 wheel list the late part #'s only, the 951 16x7 is not here- look at the 15x7 911R wheel for reference, and there is a 951 part # for a 16x8 (I'm guessing for a 944) that is slightly different (1/2" added to both the front and backside instead of 1" added to the front like the 8" 911 wheel- it's on the Rennlist chart as well).
Hope this helps. Al. and hey- Happy New Year! (everybody)
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I've posted that chart more than once before, Ray, and mentioned the info on the bottom, but the 1 in my computer doesn't have the page # on the top so I don't think I posted that 1 specifically.
I found this on that interweb thingy:
Offset is usually stamped or engraved into the wheel and is measured in millimetres of 'ET' [ET is the short form of the German word 'Einpresstiefe' which literally translates as 'insertion depth'] Positive Offset wheels have their mounting face toward the front face of the wheel.
ET is insertion depth(or offset) and is measured from the center of the rim to the mounting face of the wheel(so technically the same as offset).