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If there's a way to get these truly flat-faced for an NB car and a way to replicate the factory 911-50 wheel's lug area, these are seriously appealing. Guessing they are both lighter and stronger than the factory cast wheels, and Forgeline has an excellent reputation.
From: 21620 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 190, Sterling VA 20166
Originally Posted by stout
If there's a way to get these truly flat-faced for an NB car and a way to replicate the factory 911-50 wheel's lug area, these are seriously appealing. Guessing they are both lighter and stronger than the factory cast wheels.
Whatever the case, nice work.
Concavity profiles range from super concave to absolutely flat (we thought of this during engineering) as far as bolt patterns and such since they are all built to order we can make any changes necessary to work with the older P cars!
Concavity profiles range from super concave to absolutely flat (we thought of this during engineering) as far as bolt patterns and such since they are all built to order we can make any changes necessary to work with the older P cars!
Oh, that is even more appealing! I had a set of the 50th anniversary wheels on my prior Targa and loved the flat face of them.
From: 21620 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 190, Sterling VA 20166
Originally Posted by stout
^ The 911-50 wheel has to be one of the best designs for the 991.
Would Forgeline be able to nail the look of the center (lug area) of the wheels above, with a hole for stock center caps?
Absolutely to the center section question, without the centerlock it's built to accept the Porsche center cap by default specific to the year of the car.
Absolutely to the center section question, without the centerlock it's built to accept the Porsche center cap by default specific to the year of the car.
^ Cool on the caps.
I had to do a triple take and go back to look at the cast OE wheels vs. these forged wheels to find what was "off" (to me). It's a pretty anorak-y detail, even by my standards—but I finally spotted it. The Forgeline wheel has the spokes extend into the lug area, reaching between the lugs where the cast wheel has shorter spokes that stop at the lugs rather reaching in between them. My question: Can Forgeline do that level of custom work to the centers if a customer wants that look?
Whatever the case, these wheels look to be really well done. Would also love to know how they stack up to the cast wheel in terms of weight as well as how they stack up against Forgeline's more track-oriented forged wheels?
From: 21620 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 190, Sterling VA 20166
Originally Posted by stout
^ Cool on the caps.
I had to do a triple take and go back to look at the cast OE wheels vs. these forged wheels to find what was "off" (to me). It's a pretty anorak-y detail, even by my standards—but I finally spotted it. The Forgeline wheel has the spokes extend into the lug area, reaching between the lugs where the cast wheel has shorter spokes that stop at the lugs rather reaching in between them. My question: Can Forgeline do that level of custom work to the centers if a customer wants that look?
That is a question for the engineering department, I just sent them an email in regards.
Whatever the case, these wheels look to be really well done. Would also love to know how they stack up to the cast wheel in terms of weight as well as how they stack up against Forgeline's more track-oriented forged wheels?
We added Titanium hardware to these as a no cost option to get the weight down even more, Overall I would say they are the same as Cast (size dependent) and heavier than a 1 Piece fully forged. When the next sets finish production we will have some more info on specific weights.
02-12-2019 | 02:02 PM
