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On your WHAT?
Posted by spiv (more from spiv) on Thu, 31 May 2007 10:11:49
In Reply to: Want to put 74 sonett III soccer ball wheels on 72 92, charles, Thu, 31 May 2007 09:14:06
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There's no such thing as a 1972 92. The Saab 92 was introduced in December 1949 and was replaced in 1953 by the 92b, which featured several revolutionary improvements including being available in colors other than green, and having a trunk lid!
If you mean the 9-2X (the one that was actually made by a division of Fuji Heavy Industries and is sometimes referred to by a conflation of "Saab" and the last four letters of its makers name, which we're not allowed to type here because it triggers an automatic nanny message) then that was much later than 1972.
So if you've got a Saab dating from 1972 and it's not a Sonett, then it's got to be a model 95, 96, or 99. If it's a 99, you're out of luck -- Sonett soccerballs won't fit (although there was a similar-style wheel available for 99s that will.)
As for the others -- yes, Sonett soccerballs will fit just fine on a 95 or 96, and in fact were used on the Saab 96 factory rally cars. I've got a set of them on my 95, no problem.
When you get the wheels, be sure you also get the lug bolts and the special washers that go with them, as these are different from the lug bolts used on the standard 95/96 steel wheels.
The advantage of the soccerballs over regular steel wheels, aside from looking cooler, is that they're a half-inch wider: the steel wheels have a 4-inch rim width, and the soccerballs have 4.5 inches of rim width.
Happy wheeling!
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Posts in this Thread:
- Want to put 74 sonett III soccer ball wheels on 72 92, charles, Thu, 31 May 2007 09:14:06
- Re: Want to put 74 sonett III soccer ball wheels on 72 92, charles, Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:18:43
- Re: Want to put 74 sonett III soccer ball wheels on 72 92, Paul Clifton, Mon, 4 Jun 2007 11:03:13
- Re: Want to put 74 sonett III soccer ball wheels on 72, kansas, Thu, 31 May 2007 15:24:07
- Re: Want to put 74 sonett III soccer ball wheels on 72, kansas, Thu, 31 May 2007 15:20:50
- On your WHAT?, spiv, Thu, 31 May 2007 10:11:49 <-- Viewing This Message
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