2.5 mm flares

[joetiii]

Does anyone have pictures of 25 mm flares on a B body 911?

I am thinking of going bigger wheels and my 7s just barely fit with 225 rubber...

[davewadd]

what is a 2.5mm flare? 2.5mm is about 1/10th of an inch..... I guess I don't understand...

[joetiii]

what is a 2.5mm flare? 2.5mm is about 1/10th of an inch..... I guess I don't understand...

Oops! My mistake... there is a mistaken decimal point. It is a 25 mm measurement. As I understand there were only a few cars that had this flare which allowed an 8 inch rim to be fitted to a narrow body car. Somewhere between the lip of a 70 an RS flare.

[andyjboy]

I think you probably mean 2.5 cm flares.

John Audette had a silver '73S (ex Nick Roveda) that had Factory-fitted flares like that.

[a911s]

Ahh.. bump flares.

See this thread for more:

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ht=bump+flares

[LongRanger]

Here's another thread . . .

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ght=9113300113

. . . talking about the 25mm factory flare

HtH

[joetiii]

What is the maximum tire width one can squeeze under these?

I was thinking about going 16s to see if there was a better tire selection...

[nickR]

Joe, when I bought the car that is now Leon's it had 16s mounted. I think the tire size was 205/55-16.

[joetiii]

There looks to be sufficient clearance with them certainly. roughly 7.5 tread width with an overall diamtere of just under 25 inches. I spoke with Harvey Weidman and he can make a set of 16s into an 8R wheel, with offset to the inside. Am wondering out loud if a 225/45 x 16 tire would fit under with no rubbing... tread width on that size is 8.8 inches with a 23.8 OD.??????

[jaudette3]

Here's a bit more information about baby flares:

http://www.audettecollection.com/9113300113/

Absolutely, positively, amazingly stunning Leon!

JohnA