Superlite 15x7 25+ offset 4 lug 4x130 wheels, for those of you looking for something different Options

[Gint]

I had half a dozen titles for this thread in my head...

It's finally time to mount the Superlite wheels I bought in June 06. Mike Z was given a second chance offer from ebay when the auction didn't make reserve. He offered them up and I grabbed it. I bought them significantly cheaper than Pack Racing currently offers them for on their website. So it was worth it. Here's the original thread There were many questions (and even a little mis-information) in that thread. I'll answer quite a few here since I now have the wheels have tires mounted on them and I'm about to use them.

BTW - 914world member Nick Mironov has a thread about his Superlite wheels. Nick's superlite wheel thread . Nick, you want to read this thread and possibly talk to Pack Racing about a set of inserts with a proper conical lug bolt/nut seat.




This post has been edited by Gint: Jan 2 2013, 06:26 PM

[BigFour1973]

awakening an old thread. If someone could tell me i'm correct so when i place my order with performance wheels I wont get them and cry because i got them wrong. I would greatly appreciate it.

So stock fuchs 15x5.5 with an offset of 40mm and a back spacing of 123mm or (4.8 inches)

I want to run 7s in the front and 8s in the back. I will be doing flares so protruding out the sides wont be an issue (to an extent of course)

I want to order:
16x7 with an offset of 21 mm which puts the backspacing at 123 mm as well.

16x8 with an offset of 8 mm, which will put the backspacing again at 123 mm.

If i can get them to make me 9" wheels I would have them make the wheels at

16x9 with an offset of -5 to give me the same 123 mm backspacing as the stock 2.0 fuchs

Thanks in advance

[Kansas 914]

So you are going 7" and 8" and keeping it 4 lug? I have done it with Cragar 365s. I now have 5 lug wheels on the flared car.

[BigFour1973]

So you are going 7" and 8" and keeping it 4 lug? I have done it with Cragar 365s. I now have 5 lug wheels on the flared car.

Yes, that's the plan. Do you recall the offsets you ran? Did you run spacers? If so what size were the spacers

[Kansas 914]

Yes, that's the plan. Do you recall the offsets you ran? Did you run spacers? If so what size were the spacers

The wheels are just sitting in the garage - let me go look and post back here.

[horizontally-opposed]

The wheels are just sitting in the garage - let me go look and post back here.

Hey Mike,

What tires are you running with the five-lug wheels?

I'm really curious how those BFGs are compared to modern performance rubber if you've got any impressions, mainly because they can be had in 205/60R15. How grippy were they? How predictable? How about noise, and ride comfort? Thanks!

pete

[Kansas 914]

The wheels are just sitting in the garage - let me go look and post back here.

Hey Mike,

What tires are you running with the five-lug wheels?

I'm really curious how those BFGs are compared to modern performance rubber if you've got any impressions, mainly because they can be had in 205/60R15. How grippy were they? How predictable? How about noise, and ride comfort? Thanks!

pete

I have Hankook Ventus 2 tires on the car now. Good tires - but I haven't really pushed them to see how grippy they are. I know AZ914 is running the same tires on his 3.2L 914 and he might have a better idea.