I know this has been probably discussed before but I can't find anything using the search tool. Anyway, what rims will fit on my nice new 96 960 sedan. I want to put something 15" on the car for my snow tires. I have my old steel rims from my 740 as well as a set of alloys from the 740.

Thanks,
Matt

I'm in Richmond,VA. Or spedcowhead.1@juno.com

I have a set of steel wheels, If you want them, give me a holler.

Where are you at?

I sucessfully used my old 240 14 inch wheels on the back of my 1997 960 and they just fit. The rotor scratched the rim for about 5 min then everything was ok. Wrong offset but clears the fender fine. No way the front would fit though as you need a much deeper rim.

Your car uses wheels with the shallow (positive) offset of the FWD cars.
Wheels from a 94-up 850,or S/V 70 will fit it. These cars can and do use 15" steel rims, and will be fine. Wheel and tire packages are available through most tire shops, and many of the suppliers on here sell replacement 15" steel rims for that application.
IT is a little weird to appreciate that this latemodel RWD car can't take the wheels from the older RWD cars, but there is a whole family of rims that can be used instead.
Note the wheel sizes, and bolt patterns are the same for ALL the cars, but the offset (or backspacing) is the issue here.
Appropriate tire sizes would be 195/60-15 or 185/65-15, to give the same rolling diameter as your existing 205/55-16 tires now (assuming stock rims.)
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