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Sixteen Inch Wheels

I didn't love the Teledials at first but admittedly I've really come to adore them since the first photoshoot I did with my 944. They do look gorgeous especially when waxed.



However, my one desire was for larger diameter wheels though (my son kept encouraging me to go for eighteens LOL), and after months of searching I've managed to nab some 16" Teledials from an '86 Turbo. The bonus being that the tyres on my fifteens were needing replacement and the sixteens came with some great Nankangs, albeit with some refurb work required on the fronts.

The biggest difference between the wheels is that the lovely deep dish of the Teledials is, well, slightly less deep dish on the sixteens surprisingly - as you can see below. The sixteens are on the right in the second shot.



It's a compromise I think I can live with though. The new wheels are shod with 225/55 tyres which are a little bigger than the 195/65's they replace, but tyrebible show them as only being 3% bigger in circumference so thats ok for now. In fact the new wheels look much wider by comparison as seen in the pic below:




Furthermore, the larger wheels fill the arches more which gives my 944 a much more purposeful look - in fact it looks as if it's been lowered a smidgen too, especially on the front. In the rear the arches are better filled by the 8" wide wheels and my thoughts of spacers are now diminishing too - well at least for the the time being.


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  1. MadRob69 September 2010 at 16:12

    I recognise those 15" wheels. Wonder where they are now ;)

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