1976 Porsche 912 build with 993 motor swap by freedomperiod

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The new dilemma (finally learnt how to spelt dilemma)...

The issue of the wheels:

The real '73 RS had 15's. In order to get the real authentic look, they're a must! Trouble is, tire choices (in the US) are quite limited. 

The other thing about that authentic look is that you need meaty tires. The ones on the real '73 RS look downright ballonish! 

The biggest problem of all, is that such a balloon-like tire is going to have tremendous side wall flex while turning hard. That's actually they way they were (the '73 RS and RSR) back then. They shimmied a bit during hard cornering, because of this. Braking is also worsened by all this "give" in the tire.

The green car is a real RS from Wikipedia. It has 15's.

(EDIT) I think I may actually stick with the 15's. 

16's really screw up the proportions of the car. IMO, to really pull that narrow body, long nose look off, you need the 15's. I'll just have to do with tire wall flex... or become a better driver.

The black car ^above, looks wrong to me. Out of proportion.

Compare that to this black car...

Or this white one:

15's DIR ?

16's DIR ?

^^^Custom Fuchs.. do not want.^^^