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

[Gint]

I thought I was getting 2 wheels with 25mm+ offset and 2 wheels with 35mm+ offset. There was a little communication trouble because I was communicating to Pack Racing via Mike Z since it was he who received the second chance offer when the wheel didn't make reserve on ebay. Looking at the wheels, one of them is stamped 12p or 12mm+ offset and the other three are stamped 25p. And it would appear that these were all stamped 12p at one time and stamped over with 25p. Regardless, I measured them all and they are all 25mm+ offset.

I never doubted Herr Mueller as he has done a lot of work with non-factory wheels on 914s, but I now can confirm [/size]what Mike has always said. As has pointed out in the past, 35mm would be a offset for a 914 to use a 205 tire. Seeing is believing!

At this point I'll note that Pack Racing doesn't seem to offer a 15x7 wheel with a 35mm+ offset. They have 16x7's in 35mm+ offset but not 15's.


Tires...

I've now gone from running the fattest tire you can squeeze on a factory Fuchs wheel to the skinniest tire you can fit on a 7" rim. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I measured a few 205/50VR15 tires and needless to say they are all different.

• Yokohama EVS ES100 overall width is 8.2"
• Falken Azenis overall width are 7.875"
• Cheapo Nankang ex-500 overall width are 7.75"
• BFG G-force Sport overall width are 8.5625" These things are FAT!

The BFG G-force Sport are the fattest 205/50VR15 street tires I've ever seen.

I finally ordered 195/55VR15 in the BFG G-force Sport because the thread width and overall width are still as wide or wider than many other 205/50 tires. It looks like they will just barely work out. I have about 1/16" clearance on the outside and 3/4" on the inside. An extra 5mm positive offset from a 30mm+ offset wheel like the factory Fuchs would center it almost perfectly. Or a 35+mm offset wheel like Superlite's 16" could at least utilize a 5mm spacer to achieve optimal clearance on both sides.

There may be a tiny bit of fender rolling in my immediate future. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

This post has been edited by Gint: Jun 4 2008, 08:04 AM