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Italian ? Fuchs Copies ?

trackm3

trackm3

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Ive just bought a set of these from Ebay and i have to say i think there great value for money, anyone else wanting some i cant recommend them enough, 9x 16 and 7 x 16 early offset, well happy of Kent





 
yep as you see in the image black centre caps, did you get your white 944 sold ? have you another as per you Avatar ? on here a PGT
 
I can bung one on the house scales ? But going by the race wheels I supply I would say these are 8kgs for a rear .
 
Id be interested to hear whether they prove to be durable. I suspect that they wont be great, but I will be happy to hear that they are, as I fancy a set for my series one car.

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trackm3 said:
yep as you see in the image black centre caps, did you get your white 944 sold ? have you another as per you Avatar ? on PGT
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Hi white not sold yet, viewing hampered by the bad weather this weekend.

Yes I have an 86 Turbo which is down at 9e at the mo.

Sutts
 
944 man said:
Id be interested to hear whether they prove to be durable. I suspect that they wont be great, but I will be happy to hear that they are, as I fancy a set for my series one car.
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Hi when you say durable, what do you think the down side of these wheels are over originals?
 
By durable I think Simon probably means how well they will last, replica wheels do not have a good reputation in the Porsche world.

Many of the replica wheels used on Porsche models are the 17" cup one and cup two replicas, which tend to buckle really easily, especially on the inside edge of the 9J rears. It may seem counter intuitive, but these wheels are also really heavy, much heavier than the genuine cup-one and cup-two wheels, which you may automatically expect to mean they have more meat on them, so would expect them to be stronger.. But alas there is more to a wheel than molten aluminium, the manufacturing process is the important difference and Porsche does not skimp on materials or processes with wheels.

Another durability issue would be with the polished rim. If it is properly anodised, it could be good for a very long time, but, if it is laquered or powder coated, as soon as it is chipped it will begin to lift and corrode.

Having said that, the 17inch replicas are more likely to buckle than a 16 inch wheel, also an early offset wheel like these Fuchs has less distance from the spoke to the inner edge, which again will make them less likely to buckle...so maybe these wheels will be fine

At those prices I would almost be tempted to get a set as I do have a thing for the Fuch's wheels and always wanted a set for my favourite 86 Turbo.
 
I think a lot of wheels are more prone to distortion on the inside edge, Audi and BMW have had issues with soft and distorting OE wheels, maybe compounded by ultra low profile tyres and the state of UK roads.
 
trackm3 said:
Should be fine on a higher profile tyre and the way i drive it !
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I am sure it will, I would avoid the 17 and 18 inch repo wheels out there in late offsets as mentioned before, but these being a smaller diameter and early offset (spoke section being closer to the centreline) I think they would be ok within UK legal driving, dont think I would want to take them to the Nurburgring though.

blade7 said:
I think a lot of wheels are more prone to distortion on the inside edge, Audi and BMW have had issues with soft and distorting OE wheels, maybe compounded by ultra low profile tyres and the state of UK roads.
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Not really seen any issues with the originals, but everytime we have seen a rear cup-1 or cup-2 with a buckle, it has always turned out to be a copy.
 
Design 911 seem to sell various grades (quality / price / weight I guess) of Fuchs wheels
 
edh said:
Design 911 seem to sell various grades (quality / price / weight I guess) of Fuchs wheels
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Yes, saw there and thought they looked pretty similar to the ones i bought !
 
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