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Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 08:33:45 +0200
From: RCS <e9225126nopsam1.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Re: Are 16" SAAB wheels fitting in a 900 Classic convertible


The only answer to this problem is NO -SORRY they look great when you are talking about the 3 spoke Aero dark grey /polished rim. Itīs possible to put it on the car, a lot of people have done this cause it looks great but itīs illegal and itīs boring cause you cannot concern with the car in nice corneres or the rear tire will scrubb the rear fender. The problem is not the tire size but the offset of the rim. The maximum size that works is 205/55-15" on 6x15"/33mm rims (like the asymmetrical 3 spoke Super Aero rim). The offset of the 6.5x16" rim is 27mm and thatīs too much even when you use the larger suspension limiter on the rear axis thatīs also needed for the 205/15" rim or this will scrub too when the car is heavy loaded. The better solution is to use the 6x15" rims (attention: no 7x15" rim!!!) cause one can use also tires sized in 205 and 55 is already very hard, sometimes too hard on motorways. The 205/16" tire has even a smaller diamter but scrubs too. If you have the 6.5x16" rim you have to take the large limiter and 195/50-16" tires on the rear to decrease the scrubbing problem - but it scrubs sometimes too! (It would be possible to use the 16" rims when one could correct the offset from 27mm to 33mm or better more by turning off some milimeters on the inner flange of the rim but thatīs illegal too and I havenīt written that... NO! donīt do that itīs not worth it!!!) Greetings, RCS 1993 900 turbo convetible Denis Zerr : > Hi, I would be interested to buy 16" factory wheels coming off a 1992 9000 > turbo to put them on a `94 900 Turbo convertible. Has someone already done > this successfully? Or would this cause alot of issues? > Thanks > Denis

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