Heads Up on Wheel Availability (Fuchs)
05-05-2010, 03:54 AM
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Heads Up on Wheel Availability (Fuchs)
Just a quick heads up that Fuchs Racing in the USA is currently in preproduction on the classic Fuchs drop forged, single piece, windmill wheels with a variety of diameters, widths, offsets, and center colors. Expect to see something definitive on their website soon. FuchsRacing.com
They will be making them the old fashioned way--drop forged (not friction welded) from billet aluminum, with CNC machining for the final look. They will be powdercoating the centers in a variety of colors.
They are similar in appearance to the new Sport Classic 911 wheels that Porsche recently introduced on their 911 Sport Classic limited edition cars, except the Fuchs ones will be forged, instead of pressure cast as the Sport Classics are.
Offsets will also accommodate the 964 cars and their larger brakes (which marked them as significantly different than the 911s from before 1989). Here's a notional look of the Sport Classics on my car to give you a little idea of what is going to be available.
They will be making them the old fashioned way--drop forged (not friction welded) from billet aluminum, with CNC machining for the final look. They will be powdercoating the centers in a variety of colors.
They are similar in appearance to the new Sport Classic 911 wheels that Porsche recently introduced on their 911 Sport Classic limited edition cars, except the Fuchs ones will be forged, instead of pressure cast as the Sport Classics are.
Offsets will also accommodate the 964 cars and their larger brakes (which marked them as significantly different than the 911s from before 1989). Here's a notional look of the Sport Classics on my car to give you a little idea of what is going to be available.
05-05-2010, 01:37 PM
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I like them, I think they would look better on my red car, or something of a more primary color. Fuchs are iconic with 911s, way to go Fuchs for finally stepping up to the plate and producing these. I'm sure they will be of excellent quality.
05-05-2010, 01:39 PM
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Looking at the photo again, I looked at the wheels and didn't realize that was a 997? I think they would look much better on our older, classic lines. Don't like them on this car as much.
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05-05-2010, 01:55 PM
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Hmm,
Its more a case of trying to be a modern interpretation of a classic style, always a difficult act to follow, and for me personally they are simply trying to hard, and have come up short.
More of a style over substance, and suited to the Eastern seaboard with a Don Johnson linen suit.
harsh but my tuppenth worth.
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Its more a case of trying to be a modern interpretation of a classic style, always a difficult act to follow, and for me personally they are simply trying to hard, and have come up short.
More of a style over substance, and suited to the Eastern seaboard with a Don Johnson linen suit.
harsh but my tuppenth worth.
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05-06-2010, 12:13 AM
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Hmm. Went to the suggested website for Fuchs and there's not much there except semi mission statement, contact info, and an explanation of why Fuchs no longer supplied wheels to the 964 model when it came out.
Is there another site that has more info on the Fuchs or how to retrofit our
964s? The OEM wheels that came with the 964 are fine, but I always liked the Fuchs and could never figure out why Fuchs were not on the last of the air-cooled 911s until their explanation. Is this true or is it face saving stuff?
Is there another site that has more info on the Fuchs or how to retrofit our
964s? The OEM wheels that came with the 964 are fine, but I always liked the Fuchs and could never figure out why Fuchs were not on the last of the air-cooled 911s until their explanation. Is this true or is it face saving stuff?
05-06-2010, 06:27 AM
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05-07-2010, 06:23 AM
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Can't understand why it's taken them so long. Or why there was never a 17" version of the D90 or even 18". They do look good though. At the price i'd imagine they are going to be they would have to!
05-07-2010, 09:49 AM
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I've a notion that the original Fuchs isn't this company, above.
These guys, instead, seem to have purchased certain naming rights, while the original Fuchs 'keeps on keeping on' - exclusively through Porsche.
Or, so they say.
These guys, instead, seem to have purchased certain naming rights, while the original Fuchs 'keeps on keeping on' - exclusively through Porsche.
Or, so they say.
05-07-2010, 02:13 PM
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this is a different company from Otto Fuchs Kg, which is the supplier to porsche and others for wheels.
Fuchs focuses on the OEM Market for wheels not on the after market.
Not sure how these guys are trademarking the designs but this is definitly a different company than the "Fuchs" we all know.
FuchsRacing wheels appear to use Forged blanks then they would be machined (similar to what HRE, Fiske, and CCW use as a starting point). They are probably not drop fordged where the wheel is effectlively made in a press and requires miniminal post forging machine work. This is one reason they never increased the daimeter of the wheels etc. (they only sell 1 16" new now). the cost of tooling is prohibitive for a single peice drop fordged wheel to do small runs.
This is also a reason whey the after market uses 3 peice wheels (stock barrel halfs and machied centers) or a single peice machined wheel
this is a different company from Otto Fuchs Kg, which is the supplier to porsche and others for wheels.
Fuchs focuses on the OEM Market for wheels not on the after market.
Not sure how these guys are trademarking the designs but this is definitly a different company than the "Fuchs" we all know.
FuchsRacing wheels appear to use Forged blanks then they would be machined (similar to what HRE, Fiske, and CCW use as a starting point). They are probably not drop fordged where the wheel is effectlively made in a press and requires miniminal post forging machine work. This is one reason they never increased the daimeter of the wheels etc. (they only sell 1 16" new now). the cost of tooling is prohibitive for a single peice drop fordged wheel to do small runs.
This is also a reason whey the after market uses 3 peice wheels (stock barrel halfs and machied centers) or a single peice machined wheel
