[Tigers] Porsche Wheels on a Tiger?

[garywinblad at comcast.net]

I have them on my Tiger.  The offset (whatever it is) is pretty near
perfect, much better than the LAT-70.  They are 14x6 BTW.
There are two problems with fitment.
1.  There is a "ridge" inside the bore that is too small id for the Tiger
  front hubs.    The PO of my car had installed about a 1/4in spacer
  behind the wheel to get by this problem.  I took a rat-tail file and a
  couple beers and removed the ridge until they fit.
2.  The Porsche uses a semi-spherical lug nut.  The PO sort of
  countersunk the hole to take the Tiger lug nut.  I think the hole in
  the wheel is too large diameter too.  It works but is less than ideal.
  The better method is to have a custom wheel place put in a steel
  insert,  Cullen Bennett in Phoenix did this.  He also had the wheels
  polished,  wow, they look really good like that!

Gary


----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Parker <tkparker1941 at gmail.com>
To: Bill Waite <fordlandia at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: Tiger Talk List Tiger <tigers at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:53:26 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Porsche Wheels on a Tiger?

Two questions arise: what's the size of the center hole, and what's the
backspace. From the picture, that looks like quite a positive offset. Like
if that's a 6" rim the backspace looks to be pretty close to 5 or 5 1/2".
(the stock 13 x 4.5" Tiger / Alpine rims have a backspace of @ 4".)

Tom

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Bill Waite wrote:

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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220656367696&viewitem=&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123
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> OK... has anyone ever tried this type of Porsche wheel on a Tiger?
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> Might be a nice option if it really fits...
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> Regards,
>
> Bill Waite
> Grand Rapids, MI