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[Chrenan]

Picked up 4 factory black 8-spoke rims, new in the boxes:


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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

[moone924]

nice!
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Ryan Moone

Always shopping for a nice s2 931 to baby.
New philosophy : one car project at a time.

[Kenodog]

That's gotta be a good feeling !
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1979 Euro 931, Olive
1981 931, Sabine
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2014 Mazda CX-5 (Kinderwagon)
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[Chrenan]

Super good feeling. I really like the 8-spokes, and I love them in black, so this is great for my taste. The factory black looks so nice in person.
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

[Mike924]

Good find! Well done. Expensive?
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1993 Porsche 968 Coupe, Midnight Blue, 6 spd

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[timstar92404]

did you buy the ones on ebay?
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78 924 sold.
85.5 944

[Chrenan]

They are the ones that were listed on EBay a little while ago, but I bought them outside of Ebay when they didn't sell. Got in touch with the seller after the auction expired, $50 per rim plus shipping.
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

[Chrenan]

Alright, I finally got around to putting these rims on the car.

I used these factory spacers on the rears:



The spacers can be found in PET in the accessory section:



I used 5/16 spacers on the front from Performance Products.

I bought slightly longer after market bolts for the front (safety first kids) and I tried to find a close match looks-wise in a lug nut for the rear.

Here are the results:









Rear


Front


I really like having the wheels all spaced out a bit. The stock rear especially always looked too tucked under the body.
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

[Slam]

Nice! I like the yellow, too. I know you're planning a repaint sometime, but I think yellow suits the shape. You're right about the rears being tucked under too much when stock. The 944 suffers from this as well.
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'88 944 Auto - may or may not resurrect

[Chrenan]

I guess Porsche figured they could make extra money by selling people spacers...
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

[Desolation]

Very nice, i'm jealous, my car has one of those in the hatch but its gold
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1977 924 - sold
1989 Mustang
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[Chrenan]

Wow, if its solid gold, you're rich!
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

[stevencrichton]

I have 8 spokes do the spacers make much of a noticable difference to handling or not? I am always wary of spacers after I snapped one on my mini when I had my flyoff handbrake in.

Lets just say having a wheel come off at 60 going sideways ain't fun ... well ok it's great fun but I'm really not meant to say that
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[Chrenan]

I took it out for a 30 mile spin this morning, I didn't notice any difference in handling, but I don't track the car so I'm not sure the difference would be apparent on the street. Hopefully the spacers won't break, fingers crossed.
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

[morghen]

spacers make all the difference...i had factory spacers(4 bolt) and now i'm running a GT wide track(5 bolt)+spacers..the difference in handling is incredible from 4 bolt+spacers to 5 bolt no spacers and 5 bolt +spacers.

besides...spacers make the car look good...make it look newer.
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