design90s refurb or replace?advice please
- Thread starter jasonp
- Start date
Peter Empson
PCGB Member
I think D90's in graphite can look rather good, black is nice too especially if you add a red accent to the rim.
pauljmcnulty
Active member
As someone who likes the way Porsche designed the cars, and feels they are very much "of their time" looks-wise with the pop-ups etc. I'd keep the original wheels. I know I'm in a minority here though. [&o]
The one I'm looking at has immaculate D90s and they look great, although I would prefer 16" teles. It also has amber lenses, quite refreshing on car these days! [:-]
The one I'm looking at has immaculate D90s and they look great, although I would prefer 16" teles. It also has amber lenses, quite refreshing on car these days! [:-]
wolfie308
New member
Tend to agree with Paul on the wheels - my Design 90's could do with refreshing although they aren't too shabby. I'm going to get them done soon and finished in the original colour....I'm one of the very few who's not so keen on the currently popular graphite colour and certainly don't think they look good on red IMHO.
However with regard to the lenses, especially the fronts, I can't see how you can prefer orange on a Titanium car(which I'm very much looking forward to seeing) - speak to me after class
[]
Richard ........wouldn't say no to some original Cup 1's [8D]
However with regard to the lenses, especially the fronts, I can't see how you can prefer orange on a Titanium car(which I'm very much looking forward to seeing) - speak to me after class
[]Richard ........wouldn't say no to some original Cup 1's [8D]
Mine need doing too (maybe this year, depending on what the bodywork costs!), and like Paul I'm happy with the car's '90s look...alpine white with that relentlessly blue interior, dash, gearknob, even the headlining for goodness sakes!
I'll probably stick with silver but Peter has a point...graphite really does look good. Remember, several people have pointed out on here that OE spec Design 90s are lighter than many non standard wheels...Wolfie's right, though: Cup 1s look good too.
Must get organised to put the car up on jackstands and get the wheels to Pristine. Come to think of it, graphite would look good with alpine white...
I'll probably stick with silver but Peter has a point...graphite really does look good. Remember, several people have pointed out on here that OE spec Design 90s are lighter than many non standard wheels...Wolfie's right, though: Cup 1s look good too.
Must get organised to put the car up on jackstands and get the wheels to Pristine. Come to think of it, graphite would look good with alpine white...
MarkK
Active member
Original fitment wheels,amber lenses,Flag mirrors look so nice if its a road car,i just think non standard can look a bit messy sometimes and like you wish had a more modern Porsche. I think D90s look really period,they have a really simple clean look.Really not keen on fake cups especially the cup1 copies,stand out a mile to me.[:'(]
I am a big fan of the D90s - they definitely suit the car and haven't really aged at all, despite being nearly 20 years old. It keeps the car's exterior looking original, just like the car in that poster I had on my wall when I was a small boy at boarding school! (That probably gives away my age...)
Also, I am under the impression that D90s are solid wheels that are still one of the lightest 16"s available that would fit our cars...I'm always on the look out for D90s to put Toyo R888s on for track days! I'd keep them - but if you are getting replacements, I'll take them off your hands for the right price!
Also, I am under the impression that D90s are solid wheels that are still one of the lightest 16"s available that would fit our cars...I'm always on the look out for D90s to put Toyo R888s on for track days! I'd keep them - but if you are getting replacements, I'll take them off your hands for the right price!
Black cup alloys on my white lux - otherwise totally standard. I like the fact that everything is now either black or white!
Neil Haughey
New member
Perhaps I am in the minority then because out of the available Porsche wheels the D90 is my least favourite option. They are a pig to keep clean and look awful when dirty. Both the Fuchs and cup 1's from the 968 in the same sizes are lighter. I actually quite like the teledials, the earlier deep offset ones look great on early turbos but IMHO the fuchs look even better.
georgethackray
New member
My car had D90's on when I bought it. They were scuffed so I'd more or less decided to get them refurbished. Luckily before I did that I needed a pair of new tyres and the wheels were out of balance. The guy who did the balancing told me that the two of wheels were warped / buckled and wouldn't balance - he showed me on his spinning wheel balancing thing. It was only a few millimetres out, but I decided to then go to Porsche-Apart in Ramsbottom near Bury, where I got a set of refurbished exchange wheels (D90s again) for little more than the cost of refurbishing the 4 I had.
Anyway, bottom line - I like the D90s - they fit well with the car. They do get dirty, but I managed to get some Virosol which just needs a few squirts (heavily diluted) and a brushing to bring them up like new.
Anyway, bottom line - I like the D90s - they fit well with the car. They do get dirty, but I managed to get some Virosol which just needs a few squirts (heavily diluted) and a brushing to bring them up like new.
Neil Haughey
New member
Fuchs can only fit on the older 944's and the very first pre-ABS turbos because they had a much smaller offset, The 16" cup 1 wheel from the 968 is what I have on my race car project. If I include those currently sat on the 968 I have 3 sets now, IMHO this is the best Porsche wheel for an S2 race car, a good few of those racing S2's in the PCGB club championship use these wheels. The most horrible looking wheels ever to fit on a 944 are the odd 16" wheels used ISTR on some 993's and 964, of course the boxster 16" wheels look pretty gash as well, in fact beyond horrible. I used to think the Azev wheels looked really good but their designs have aged very badly.
Posts made and opinions expressed are those of the individual forum members
Use of the Forum is subject to the Terms and Conditions
