Mondrian

Do you measure/compare stiffness Keith?

keith

would love to, of course Fuchs wasn't offering 17" wheels when we developed our product, so I don't have any comparison data. I wonder if that is published somewhere?

asutherl

finally mounted....now it needs suspension...

keith

I've been out of the loop on the Fuchs offering, but perusing this thread has been great to catch me up.


I really appreciate the photos of the backside work the 9m posted:



Fuchs Backside


This explains the weight disparity (and likely any cost delta, if there is one) between our Fikse-made product and the Fuchs offering - the additional machine time (we have a LOT of it; moreso than the front-side modeling, even, which is extensive to faithfully represent the historic shape):



Zuchs Backside



Overall, I'm a fan of the new Fuchs; I like the revision on the old theme for the high-offset cars.

And seeing the decisions made for the sake of efficiency in backside work (in addition to the pedal shaping) helps me understand how they can bring the product to market for such a relatively small audience and maintain acceptable margins that a larger company needs, at market-bearable prices (I assume their pricing is in line with the market, or they likely wouldn't have launched)

I'd love to see backside work on some of the other market offerings as well, hopefully similar images are also buried in the previous posts?

For me, this is turning out to be a really great Rennlist thread already (considering the few posts I've read) - I'll be reading it in entirety over the weekend!

drknauf

Stina Andersen,s 964





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www.964RS.net

here are some pics of 18" Fuchs on a silver 964...

http://www.autogespot.de/porsche-964...-rs/2014/08/04

Streetdaddy

Thanks for the pic.... I'm tempted to buy a set in 17".

R6XTERRA

Does anyone know what type of splitter that is on the above silver Porsche?

I really like it.

greenr

Where is the best place to buy 17" fuchs?

John McM

Direct from the factory if it's Otto Fuchs you are after. I had mine shipped to NZ. No problems.

greenr

Did you go with the 17s or the 18s?

John McM

Me? 17". I have 18" wheels (standard) on my Turbo 3.6 and while I like them I feel the 17" is better proportioned for the NB 964 and the tyre wall is more compliant.

kreeshp

17" also for me. I feel that if one of your primary motives in going with the Fuchs is weight savings, then you ought to get the lightest/smallest configuration of the two, which would be the 17".

I'm also hesitant to go to the 18" size because of suggestions from Streather and others that the 18" size isn't recommended for the 964. I know lots of people use it without problems but I am not going to chance it.

R6XTERRA

I run 19's, never a problem. Can't see why 18" wheels would be a problem. Everyone runs them without problems.

kreeshp

It's not my intention to open up the whole 17" vs 18" and bigger debate other than to state that 18" and larger is not Porsche-approved.