boost feen

$1,300 shipped



Deadbeat bidder that tried to bargain with me after so I am still looking to sell these refinished magnesium turbo cup rims. Straight and true near perfect condition. With center caps all in 3 stage pearl factory matched paint.

Link with large pictures, please send PM with e-mail if requesting larger pictures. Thank you

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showt...ferrerid=48294

Chris White

Mmmm....20 year old magnesium....gets kind of brittle.....

Jason Judd

Brittle...and FUGLY!

vette951s

I always felt that Mg wheels get a bad rap from wheel failures on some Mg wheels made for racing in the 1930 - 50s. Porsche speced a Mg alloy for these Turbo Cup wheels to include Al, Mn and Zn. No doubt that Mg has some aging qualities that resemble my hands, but I've never been able to find any real failure data on modern Mg alloy wheels. Early Z/06 Vettes had Mg wheels from the factory, as did Ferraris and Panteras with Campy wheels. Mg wheels are also used on some airplanes. Here is more info on Magnesium than you ever cared to read about: http://www.magnesium.com/w3/data-bank/index.php?mgw=1

John

Josh B

Really, really, really rare!

dmalo810

Really? Mag gets brittle? Didn't know there was a moisture content and it dries up.

ritzblitz

I didnt even know these existed

Chris White

They also had magnesium intake manifolds and oil pans.

Lorax

I saw one of the intakes on ebay a while back.

Didn't some cars have mag trans cases? Which?

vette951s

My Cup car's Mg oil pan was the culprit for many oil leaks due to spider cracking. Mg trans cases were mentioned in build sheets for 1986 cup/escort cars but are Pixie dust.

John

Oddjob

I have not heard of excessive failures of the mag phone dials - sure one will crack every once in awhile on a track car, but as do a lot of wheels. Ive seen BBS, Forgeline, HREs crack spokes. Stay off the rumble strips.

Ive had a set for 6-7 years and have used them on the track quite a bit. Retired them to rain tires now as I am running 18s in the dry, but I am not significantly more worried about the mag wheels breaking than the stock cast alum. PD's. Which also reminds me to mention that the mag wheel casting is not the same casting as the stock alum. wheels. The rim lip and and I recall the webbing is somewhat beefier on the mag wheels than the alum wheels - John do you agree, or is my memory failing?

boost feen

I would say that the casting was specific to these wheels as they are different size widths and offsets. Since porsche thinks about everything, the size of the spokes or webbing probably is a touch different.

2bridges

Lots of folks in the "real world " run magnesium wheels and many still running true vintage magnesium even for serious high speed land speed stuff.

As I see it, a damaged wheel that has been repaired is the risky bet, but for a nice set that checks out looks like an awesome price to me! GL w sale boostfeen.

boost feen

New lower price with larger pictures attached, thanks

eniac

Those wheels are like a fat girl who somehow pulled off being sexy enough to be completely amazing in bed. Athough they are still 16" PD's, those are some sweet, rare wheels!!

If they were on my car, I wouldn't pull them off....unless some 18" BBS RE's or Fiskes wanted to hook up. ... and of course I'd never tell my friends about them without also saying how well they "performed".