NerfRacing

does anyone happen to have a close up picture of the Fuchs wheels that came optional on the 951 in 87? i think these are what came on my car, and have since been powder coated black, but im not sure.

ian

Fuchs did not come on late offset cars, they were only an early offset rim.

They might be look alikes, but they were not OEM fuchs.

tifosiman

And to add to what Ian said, I'm not sure I have ever seen a set of "late offset" fake fuchs.

Could your car really be a 1986 model? Or does someone know if they had some "left-over" parts and a few of the early 87 cars got 86 offsets and parts?

Interesting........

Tifo

NerfRacing

hmmm, thanks for the info. that makes things quite interesting. im beginning to think my car was modified much more than i had known. im starting to think its been lowered too, it looks lower than any 951 ive seen about.

oi-punx

Ian is right, fuchs were not a factory option on '87 and later 951's. The optional wheels on the '87, if i'm not mistaken, looked very similar to 928 style flat dish wheels and were forged.

I have seen fuchs on an '87 flamingo metallic 951. They appeared to be custom 3 piece wheels with bolts surrounding the outer edge. Too bad they were beat up and in bad condition. They would have looked fantastic.

NerfRacing

im sure its an 87...but they might not even be look alikes, they are 5 spoke but ive never seen actual FUCH's so i would have no idea.

Mike Buck

Are you talking about this wheel? Fuchs is a manufacturer, I believe they made this style and the "classic" style Ian is thinking of. '87 Turbo's had these as an option, also found on '87+ 928's . .in 7 & 8 x 16

<img src="http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/discgoldanode_obw.jpe" alt=" - " />

EDIT - four replys in the time it took me to type this,

NerfRacing

ill take some pics tonight and see what you guys think.

NerfRacing

no, definately not those, mine are 5 spoke with what look like fake little allen key screw things(arent i articulate?) all the way around the outside edge.

ian

Fuchs
<img src="http://www.wheelenhancement.com/fuchs16blackcenter_obw.jpg" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.wheelenhancement.com/fuchsdualanodized16_obw.jpg" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.wheelenhancement.com/fuchs16Cwhtctr_obw.jpg" alt=" - " />

tifosiman

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by NerfRacing:
<strong>no, definately not those, mine are 5 spoke with what look like fake little allen key screw things(arent i articulate?) all the way around the outside edge.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Then those aren't Fuchs. They sound like some sort of aftermarket wheel to me. BBS, Ronal, OZ, all are possibilities...

Take some pics so we can ID them for ya.

Tifo

ian

Are they any of these?

<img src="http://www.wheelenhancement.com/boxster16_obw.jpg" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.wheelenhancement.com/phonedial15_obw.jpg" alt=" - " />

<img src="http://www.wheelenhancement.com/c25spoke_obw.jpg" alt=" - " />

They were all the 16 inch 5 spoke porsche wheels I could come up with.

ian

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by NerfRacing:
<strong>no, definately not those, mine are 5 spoke with what look like fake little allen key screw things(arent i articulate?) all the way around the outside edge.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">I missed the allen key comment, those are def not anything from the factory.

I would say no to BBS, because they don't have any 5 spoke rims like that, but it may be Moda (built by BBS) they had a 5 spoke rim similar to that.

TT

Maybe HRE wheels?

<img src="http://hre.adversoft.com/wheels/images/ENLARGE/enlarge-311.jpg" alt=" - " />

Lindsey Racing also sell nice 3-piece rims with real Fuch centers from 16 inch rims, they weigh about 15lbs each. The centers can be painted.

NerfRacing

the last one is definately the closest, damn camera ran out of batteries, getting more before work tomorrow.