Cup wheels on Carrera - why ???

[smitty893]

Trolling through the numerous For Sale's (not on this forum I might add) and I have a question. Can anyone tell me why there is a really annoying trend to replace the Fuch wheels with Cup wheels. Am I missing something ??

 

[oliver]

I agree.

But there's no accounting for taste.

 

[Guest]

Bad tast I would say, ive just been looking on autotrader and e,bay at 911 porsches and it seems its the in thing to put cup wheels and the newer Turbo wheels on these 80s classics,shame on you get them back on fuchs,also the market seems flooded with Targas and Convertable 911s with hardly any coupes around, they must love them to much to sell them! []

 

[Guest]

Definitely agree - I think that the Fusch is the nicest looking wheel on any car anywhere. From a track point of view apparently the Cup allows the brakes to cool quicker but that doesn't excuse changing them for road use.

 

[Beaky]

Ditto, Fuchs role OK.........the good news is that there should be plenty of Fuchs around in case we ever need to replace ours, been looking for a reasonable priced set of 8 or 9 x16's to replace my rear 7's, just missed out on a set in this monthS pp

 

[ClubSport 911]

I heard a rumour somewhere, that the Fuchs wheel was the lightest supplied on a Porsche.

Urban myth ?

 

[bones]

It's true Fuchs are classy, superbly durable and light.

http://members.rennlist.org/911pcars/WheelWts.html

 

[burrow01]

Because they look better ...

Guess what I drive

do you all still wear your 1980's clothes, I think it really updates the look of the car, and you can also put the Fuchs wheels back on later

It's not like putting the later body onto a 3.2, I really cannot see the point of that

Pete

 

[lesworth]

Peronally I'd rather wear a pair of drainpipe jeans or a Miami Vice suit than put alloys other than Fuchs on my car. []

 

[oliver]

ORIGINAL: burrow01

Because they look better ...

do you all still wear your 1980's clothes, I think it really updates the look of the car,

Pete

Using that analogy is rather like someone in their 40s trying to look younger by wearing teenagers' clothes.

I mean, you wouldn't buy a 2.7RS and put 17" Cups on it would you.

 

[Guest]

People do it because the Cup Replicas are cheap - like half the cost of a decent set of old 7/8 Fuchs.

The trend in new cars is also towards fitting bigger and bigger wheels so some folks just think bigger is better, or bigger will update the looks of my car. I wouldn't buy them, even for track wheels as they (replicas) are much heavier and not as strong, but funnily enough, I can understand why some people do.

BTW, the OE cup wheels are not much heavier than Fuchs and are stronger than the replicas, they just have the wrong offsets, meaning you need big spacers in order to run them.

RB

 

[burrow01]

Hi,

the Cup 1 replicas (I don't like Cup 2 or Turbo wheels on 3.2's - shows how subjective it all is) are Millia Miglia items licenced by Porsche (got them from a Porsche dealer) and have the correct offsets, and thus do not require spacers

Not sure how heavy they are

Pete

 

[burrow01]

No, but I might put lightweight bumpers onto a 3.2

 

[Mike58]

saw some american made 17 fuchs ages ago , looked great but expensive

 

[Guest]

Yes, Lindsey Racing make welded 17 inch Fuchs from BBS barrels and 16x6 Fuchs centres. CMW also make a 3 piece 17 inch bolt together Fuchs in a similar manner.

Re the Mille Miglia replicas. The look/design is licensed but this says nothing about quality. They are heavy, pressure cast wheels and they are exactly the ones that have been observed to break under track conditions. They are cheap and you get what you pay for. Not dangerous per se, just less safe for track use. Having said that, some older Fuchs are starting to showing cracks so even the "gold standard" forged wheels are not perfect for track use - I know of a number of 16x9s that have had to be binned for cracks.