YAY for more broken axles!!

look like mercedes wheels

 

broken axles?
pretty much are mb wheels

 

yea these are 8 inches wide. how wide are you running now?

 

17x7 i believe

 

Watch out that those don't rub through the fuel filler neck on your vert.

 

well ive got 6mm spacers to push them out a lil more so i should be fine
i mean the 17x8 rk fit without too much issues

 

Doing some rough math... wheel is 1" wider, so that's 12.5mm wider inside and outside from center. You have a 38mm offset instead of 49 so they are negative 11mm from stock. Seems like you'd only be 1.5mm closer on the inside edge. Depending on what tire you run, that should be fine. I'd be more worried about the outside edge where you are 12.5+11mm closer to the fender. If you're running lowered, you might want to do some checking.

 

yuck, hideous imo.

 

deff dont think they look bad on a saab
plus these are straight off a benz which are narrower and not as nice of an offset

 

Nice! I dig them.

 

Sorry, I'm not sold on them. It looks like my Nanna's car. Maybe if they were like 18's. They sorta look too stock.
Maybe they will look better when I see them on your car.

 

Not bad, just different. Being on a high power car makes em cooler, if they fill up the wheel well then who cares?

 

not putting super wide tires on these wheels... though many have gotten away with an 8" wide rim before
21lbs i believe
better than my current 24lb wheels

 

fwiw, the 17x7.5 Focal F05 is only 19.6 lbs. I only gained 2.6 lbs total additional unsprung weight per wheel doing my 15 --> 17 wheel upgrade w/ Contis (light tire).

 

wow those actually look really decent, you going with the chrome look ? or paint/powdercoat?

 

gonna see how the chrome looks... if i dont like, they will get painted

 

Right, feeling embarrassed, I had it backwards, thanks for clarifying. My stocker 15" may very well have had a 49mm offset.

 

im am going tonight to see the wheels and if everything works out i will be bringing them home to put on my car
i had a spare front hub that i pressed out a while ago for this kind of occasion
that way as to check to see if the wheel fits the hub without needing my car (since its a vert and has no room to haul shit in)

 

picked them up today.. got them back to the shop and thats where they are sitting till tomorrow

 

where'd you get em? how much?

 

got them off a local car forums for $450 with two new eagle gt tires and the other two with about 50% tread

 

looks like a revamp on the old sunburst wheels on the revamped 900

 

Tires. Mount. NOW!

 

Tires. Spacers. Mount. NOW!

Fixed that for ya.
How low are you? These would look nice poked out slightly depending on your lowness.

 

well i sold the tires that were on it.... way too tall for my low ride
just waiting on a set of tires to come my way that will fit.
not in any rush for these as i have bigger matters to deal with

 

there's a thread somewhere on SC with ride heights
im lower than most, but not the lowest

offset will be somewhere around 30-32 depending on which of my spacers i use, so they will sit nicely on my car

EDIT:
http://www.saabcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220677&highlight=ride+height

So im lower than anyone so far

1995 900s vert vogtlands up front, no name coils in the rear sitting on a 1/2" perch

FH = 11.375"
FF = 24"

Net Front Spring Height (FF Minus FH): 12.625"

RH = 11.5"
RF = 23.375"

Net Rear Spring Height (RF Minus RH): 11.875"

older pic before lowered the rear more (rear tire just starting to tuck into the fender now)

 

a little teaser since i got a couple of tires

 

Eh.. Ill have to see the hole thing.. I don't knw if theyre enough for a red car.

 

Get the PD out and paint them black.

 

it doesnt help that the front end is jacked up and im only showing one wheel


i might be doing that, though i want to see how it will sit with all 4 wheels on and sitting outside

 

hmmm... i'm kinda thinking about some new wheels for the summer... if those were 17/18 i'd be all over them...


that being said, they look good in 16!