Geoffrey

I am getting my car ready for DE events in the spring. I was told that the tech inspection in my region (Hudson Valley, NY) requires the wheels to be TUV certified. Does anyone know anything about that or what it exactly means. My wheels are AKT 17" 94 3.6 Turbo look alikes.

Danno

I think Konstantin or Adrian in Swiss should be able to answer this for you...

Danno

check out these links:
http://www.us.tuv.com/welcome.html



Ok, these wheels are certified:
http://www.mimwheels.it/eng/tuv.htm
http://www.fikse.com/tuv.html
http://www.meshindo.co.id/purple.htm



Would it safe to assume that any wheel sold in Germany would have TUV approval?

Also isn't there also an approval on HOW it is used. Like in which type of configuration on a car?

Dave in Chicago

Do you have Porsche wheels on the car now? I've tried to keep life simple (and less expensive) by collecting a couple of sets of Porsche wheels (phonedials for my Blizzaks and 968 5-spokes for summer/track MXX3's). In any case, I would recommend that you make a habit of checking the wheels and tires over every time you pull them off (brake bleeding and such). I found a cut on the inside sidewall only after such an inspection.

Keep the shiny side up,

Dave in Chicago

Sorry, didn't see you listed the wheels. DOH!

On the other hand, a friend of mine runs aftermarket wheels (I think the Mille Miglia from Tire Rack) and asked the region tech guy. He said there were just fine.

Sorry to confuse the issue.

Geoffrey

Dave,

As noted above, they are aftermarket AKT wheels. They are 17x9 and 17x11. They cost about $3800 and are 3 piece wheels that seem fairly light. Since I do all of my own maintenance and modifications, I am in the habit of inspecting the parts on my car regularly. Thanks all for the info, I guess I'm not really going to worry about it and see what the tech inspection guy says...or I could stamp TUV Approved on the edge...

Adrian

Dear Geoffrey,
A wheel manufactured in Germany does not necessarily mean it is TÜV approved. The wheels are not normally stamped either. You will need the Wheel approval documents. These should have been supplied with the wheels. If not you can contact the wheel importer and they should have this document. Here in Switzerland this is a "Mandatory Requirement".
TÜV approval means that the wheel manufacturer has provided the engineering data to the authorities and has proven that their wheel is safe and suitable for installation on each specific auto. Model by model.
A lot of auto parts manufactured in Germany are not TÜV approved and are for export only. However this paperwork should also accompany the wheels.
"VERY FEW" wheels manufactured in Germany are TÜV approved for Porsche.
If you need to prove this to the PCA I think you will need the documentation. Ask them directly, they may already have it on file. It took me 2 months to get my OZ (MSW) wheels for my daughters 944 sorted out with all this paperwork. Cost me as well. Around 50 of your dollars.
Ciao,
Adrian
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Bill Gregory

TUV approval on wheels is not a local region PCA requirement. Geoffrey and I have discussed this offline. It is, however, up to the PCA technical inspector to inspect the wheels for safety on the track.