Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 08:24:46 +0200 From: RCS <e9225126nopsam1.tuwien.ac.at> Subject: Re: Tyre question (not the same old one...)
Ok, I checked that and I was wrong! The latest 9000 rims just looked like the 95, 93 rims (Super AERO 3-spoke) but had only a 4 bolt pattern! SORRY!!! Douglas Swank wrote: > RCS <e9225126nopsam1.tuwien.ac.at> wrote: > > > > No, sorry, I canīt agree with you! > > The very late released 9000 (last special "Griffin" edition, those with > the > > airplanelogo on the seats) came on the new 9-3 / 9-5 5bolt pattern rims! > (I > > guess they only had different brake rotors) > > RCS > > Then apparently you cannot agree with the truth. My '96 9000 Aero has a > 4-bolt pattern, and the last CSE to roll of the assembly line had the > "exposed lug Super Aero"-type rims with, yet again, a four-bolt pattern. I > have seen a picture of this car in Saab Soundings magazine. See this web > page for a picture of these wheels: > http://users.cwnet.com/ralimi/aero/98cse.html. > > Your original post that '95 and later 9000s had the five bolt pattern is > obviously not correct, and I still contend that Saab *never* made a 9000 > with a 5-bolt lug pattern. > > -Doug