fuchs, 944 arms, bigger brakes possible

[Moctesuma]

Hello,

I'm building a 63' 1200 and I'm facing a dilemna-> I have in my garage a pair of late 944 alu arms, which widten form ~70mm the track on each side.
I also own two 944 steel arms, with their calipers.

I want to mount custom 15x10 fuchs wheels (widened) with a really small ET (somthing like ~5).
If I use the late alu ones, my car will need at least +10cm inner and outer widened Kerscher fenders. And I'm not even sure that it will be enough.
So here is my question: Wich arms would you use, if we assume that I WANT to use the fuchs, and be able, later, to mount bigger brakes (993 disks and callipers)(is it possible with 15'' Fuchs?).
I measured the rear track with the late alu and Fuchs and it's 1800mm wide, really much.

Thank you for your precious help

[zen]

would love to see some pics of the Fuchs.

you will want to go with the steel arms. i am running late ali's with 8.5ET48 wheels and it fills out my 3" CCC fenders perfectly. with 10ET5 you are adding another 50+mm in track width. i don't know anyone making 5" fenders.

plus i believe you can get 944NA brakes under 15's. i am pretty sure 993, 951, etc won't fit in 15's. but hopefully someone else can confirm.

[vw1303]

15X10 that is nuts! early single piston 944 calipers will work. The later turbo 4 piston only work with 16inch wheels to my best knowledge. 993 big red calipers will only work with 17inch wheels. Some mazda RX7's came with 4 piston calipers that fit under 15inch wheels. Question how did you widen your fuchs that much, re-weld or are they 3 piece? I have 15X8 fuchs in the rear and would like to give them some more backspacing and make them 15X9.

[Moctesuma]

thank you for your opinions.
I'll mount non-alu, because I drove a 911sc with 15'' fuchs, which breaks rather good. (using good aftermarket brake-shoes and ventilated, drilled discs)
I'll post pictures of the fuchs as soon as I get my computer back.
I bought them as they are, but they were widened outer by a specialized workshop.
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[Moctesuma]

here are the pics of the 10'' fuchs.
They are ugly with this paint, but I have time to loose.




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Nicolas

[Moctesuma]

they are re-welded on a 8'' basis.
To have a better idea of the width, look at this picture: