what is a reasonable price to pay for a set of Turbo S rims ???
02-27-2008, 05:33 PM
#17
Rennlist Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 115
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
if interested---please email at cjb3@ntelos.net
i see someone tried to private messge but did not work.
i see someone tried to private messge but did not work.
02-28-2008, 03:34 AM
#18
RL Community Team
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
To each his own, but anodized is the true factory finish on the forged wheels and polishing does not make them more valuable. Likewise, many people paint Fuchs centers black but again, anodized is the true factory finish and it's not cheap to have done, either.
Polished is nice but too "bling" and not "Porsche looking" enough for me. But again, to each his own.
Polished is nice but too "bling" and not "Porsche looking" enough for me. But again, to each his own.
02-28-2008, 03:46 AM
#19
Racer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Dark side of the moon
Posts: 386
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
To each his own, but anodized is the true factory finish on the forged wheels and polishing does not make them more valuable. Likewise, many people paint Fuchs centers black but again, anodized is the true factory finish and it's not cheap to have done, either.
Polished is nice but too "bling" and not "Porsche looking" enough for me. But again, to each his own.
Polished is nice but too "bling" and not "Porsche looking" enough for me. But again, to each his own.
And when polished they look so much better than that OEM painted/anodized garbage...
02-28-2008, 04:02 AM
#20
Advanced
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Endor
Posts: 68
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
People place way too much importance on factory originality and concours. If you want to win a contest of who drove their car the least, or who modified it the least, then go ahead and have fun with that.
Use your head on what looks better people - on some car colors a polished wheel will clash looks, but overall anodized is ugly/dated. Those polished wheels look great, and I know from experience that it takes a lot of elbow grease to do that.
Use your head on what looks better people - on some car colors a polished wheel will clash looks, but overall anodized is ugly/dated. Those polished wheels look great, and I know from experience that it takes a lot of elbow grease to do that.
02-28-2008, 05:28 AM
#21
Rennlist Member
And Arash, that's not a fair comparison, since a set of Club Sports in perfect condition will fetch every bit as much as a polished set will from a VW enthusiast, if not more. Go ask Wheel Enhancement to price you a set.
There are also "communities" that value 20 inch wheels, ground effects, and 2 foot wings, but that doesn't make these any less tacky on a Porsche IMHO. YMMV.
02-28-2008, 08:59 AM
#22
Thefu
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: 28*09'58.16" N, 82*35'17.07" W
Posts: 19,934
Received 658 Likes
on
330 Posts
Club Sports are not ugly, polished or anodized.
One other thing: It seems that most of you guys are into modifications of your cars to the point that if a 944/951 isn't modified, then it's just not worth talking about anymore. Different strokes. I have my '89 in delivery condition and it's going to stay that way. Tell me it wouldn't be a shame to have every stinkin car modified or destroyed that there would never be a fully original car left to gawk at, looking at how the factory did things back in the '80s. I'm not against mod's, on the right car (my Cabriolet was a less than stellar example from the PO, it'll be a heavily modified turbo soon enough), but if a pristine example comes along, I feel it's best to leave it alone. It's worth more that way anyway. Finally, to bring this rant back full circle, there just aren't that many wheels out there that look better on a 944/951 than a Porsche OEM wheel. Now it may be a wheel that didn't come originally on a 4 banger, but Porsche does design some really nice wheels, and IMHO, better than most aftermarket wheels.
02-28-2008, 02:22 PM
#24
Racer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Dark side of the moon
Posts: 386
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
So to now get this thread back on topic fully (Thanks SeaCay), I emailed WheelEnhancement and they quoted me $2,400 for a set of refinished 8's and 9's. Some may say that is not a reasonable price (like I), but taking into consideration that they are refinished professionally and will be a nice finishing touch to any concours car, that is a price many will be willing to spend and would even consider it reasonable. Now, for a random set, anodized or polished I wouldn't pay that much because i don't have a show car to put them on, nor do I have that sort of money. BUT, I feel a very reasonable price to pay for a well kept set of any finish Clubsport would be around the $600 range much like FRPorscheman already stated.
02-28-2008, 02:34 PM
#25
Burning Brakes
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 906
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
+1 WheelEnhancement does a very nice job and serves the high end of the Porsche community well. Not many folks can produce a steady supply of some of more rare fitments...older 16" Fuchs and the like,
But, for those of us who support our Porsches from the monthly cookie jar, $600 +/- is the target price for a set of workaday 7" and 9" Club Sports. Noowwwwww, 8" Club Sports, that's a different kettle of fish, pricewise.
But, for those of us who support our Porsches from the monthly cookie jar, $600 +/- is the target price for a set of workaday 7" and 9" Club Sports. Noowwwwww, 8" Club Sports, that's a different kettle of fish, pricewise.
02-28-2008, 04:08 PM
#27
Rennlist Member
02-28-2008, 04:15 PM
#29
Rennlist Member
02-28-2008, 04:58 PM
#30
Rennlist Member
I like the originals and anodized, not polished, but that's just my opinion. I think Porsche has been guilty of releasing some really ugly OEM wheels like the Cookie Cutters, Teledials, Crab Claws etc but the ones we're talking of here are quite sedate compared to those and don't offend me nearly as much. I also think the Sewer Lids looked ok on the 928 too. So what, just an opinion.