Speedline Aliseo questions
#1
Speedline Aliseo questions
Hello, please pardon the intrusion: I don't monitor this forum but based on search results, this is the right place to ask my questions.
Background: in late '05 I purchased a 90 C2 to convert into a track car. It came with 18" Speedline wheels. Being new to Porsche ownership (and never even having heard of Speedline), I naively used these wheels for initial track work. A few off-track excursions in the desert dinged them up nicely.
I later learned about the rare 993 RS Speedline for Porsche wheels. I was quite worried that I had damaged wheels worth $5k+, if you can find them. Luckily (or not?), searching this forum led me to the conclusion that they were actually "just" Speedline Aliseo wheels.
With some help from Bill Verburg, I performed some fairly accurate measurements: 8Jx18 ET45 and 10Jx18 ET56. Both size and offset agree with the front markings, however the rears do not: they are marked 8-1/2Jx18 ET31. So it appears that the rears have been rebuilt from original specs.
I have attached a few low-res pics of these wheels. There are also many hi-res shots on my (slow) server.
Finally, my questions:
1. Any clues as to what the original rear fitment (8-1/2Jx18 ET31) might have applied to?
2. What might these be worth, in good condition? I am trying to decide whether to refurbish them and sell them for street use, or to keep beating them up at DEs (I have Kinesis K28 for competitive events).
TIA.
Background: in late '05 I purchased a 90 C2 to convert into a track car. It came with 18" Speedline wheels. Being new to Porsche ownership (and never even having heard of Speedline), I naively used these wheels for initial track work. A few off-track excursions in the desert dinged them up nicely.
I later learned about the rare 993 RS Speedline for Porsche wheels. I was quite worried that I had damaged wheels worth $5k+, if you can find them. Luckily (or not?), searching this forum led me to the conclusion that they were actually "just" Speedline Aliseo wheels.
With some help from Bill Verburg, I performed some fairly accurate measurements: 8Jx18 ET45 and 10Jx18 ET56. Both size and offset agree with the front markings, however the rears do not: they are marked 8-1/2Jx18 ET31. So it appears that the rears have been rebuilt from original specs.
I have attached a few low-res pics of these wheels. There are also many hi-res shots on my (slow) server.
Finally, my questions:
1. Any clues as to what the original rear fitment (8-1/2Jx18 ET31) might have applied to?
2. What might these be worth, in good condition? I am trying to decide whether to refurbish them and sell them for street use, or to keep beating them up at DEs (I have Kinesis K28 for competitive events).
TIA.
#2
I have these exact wheels & am desperately searching for replacement center caps (they are an odd size). Do you know of a source? Or if you decide to keep these as track wheels, would you be interested in selling me the center caps?
#3
Odd size?
I have a set of these wheels as well. They were sold to me with the RS center caps which I will use later when the rest of the RS body parts are on the car.
I replaced them with the silver painted crest caps that were on the OEM 17" turbo twists. Those caps fit fine in the RS wheels and I don't think they are an odd size?
I replaced them with the silver painted crest caps that were on the OEM 17" turbo twists. Those caps fit fine in the RS wheels and I don't think they are an odd size?
#4
Do you have the Speedline for Porsche wheels, or just the straight speedlines? I tried OEM, they are too big. My wheels have the Oval lug nut openings, the speedline for porsche wheels have a round lug opening.
The Speedline for Porsche Wheels accept the OEM center caps.
The Speedline for Porsche Wheels accept the OEM center caps.
#6
Originally Posted by Sooner
I have these exact wheels & am desperately searching for replacement center caps (they are an odd size). Do you know of a source? Or if you decide to keep these as track wheels, would you be interested in selling me the center caps?
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#8
Originally Posted by nota_troll
sell them to me
#9
Originally Posted by Bill Verburg
I have a 9" and 10" version of those wheels, when the car is very low the 56mm rear o/s is a tad too low, you would really want +65mm rears.
#11
Originally Posted by Bill Verburg
964 and 993 are very different in the back, a spacer would make it worse on a 993, remember low numerical o/s sticks further outboard.
The +56 10 is fine at normal ride height, but not when very low
The +56 10 is fine at normal ride height, but not when very low
#13
I have refurbished these wheels for sale, now on eBay starting at $1k:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=270149684113
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=270149684113