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Posted by: bradtho Mar 22 2010, 07:02 PM

hi all, bought my first 914 a couple weeks ago. haven't seen any wheels like these. does anyone know what they are?

Posted by: tat2dphreak Mar 22 2010, 07:21 PM

seen them on a lot of beetles, but can't for the life of me remember their nickname.

Posted by: URY914 Mar 22 2010, 07:28 PM

My local VW dealer used to sell them in the parts dept. for Bugs.

Posted by: 914Sixer Mar 22 2010, 07:31 PM

I think they were called "Turtlebacks".

Posted by: tat2dphreak Mar 22 2010, 07:39 PM

dunno, those look flat or concave, whereas turtles are convex... almost like a hubcap. also, the openings look more squared off...







chrome turtlebacks are GREAT looking wheels on a ghia or beetle, btw, never seen them on a teener tho.

sry, keep finding sexeh pics of turtleback rims

Posted by: championgt1 Mar 22 2010, 08:52 PM

Don't know about the wheels. Lets see a picture of the whole car!

Oh yeah!

Posted by: bradtho Mar 22 2010, 09:50 PM

you're right, hard to tell from the pic I took, but they are concave, definitely not turtlebacks. the car is all original, but the original owner did work at a vw dealer, so certainly could be vw wheels. I'll have to measure the offset.

Posted by: bradtho Mar 22 2010, 10:01 PM

here's a bunch. I think I've got the permissions set so anyone can see. let me know if you try and can't.

Posted by: bradtho Mar 22 2010, 10:02 PM

earning my "newbie" title by forgetting to paste the link!

http://cid-58eea4e98f494e3a.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/p914

Posted by: tat2dphreak Mar 22 2010, 10:04 PM

good looking car!!

Posted by: KaptKaos Mar 22 2010, 10:13 PM

Great looking car and I dig the wheels, but I am betting they're beetle offset.

see this pic:



Those tires aren't that wide and they look pretty darn close to the inside of the fender.

Posted by: burton73 Mar 22 2010, 10:32 PM

Great looking car. Love the gold color.!!

Bob

Posted by: johannes Mar 23 2010, 01:34 AM

Looks like "Performance Industries"

http://www.buggyboys.be/fr/velgen_4x130_02.htm

Posted by: rick 918-S Mar 23 2010, 07:27 AM

Nice find! Looks like they pulled the quarter panels to make them fit. Great car!

Posted by: Ferg Mar 23 2010, 12:24 PM

Great Car, nice color, one of my favorites!

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Mar 23 2010, 12:32 PM

First thing I thought when I saw the picture.

Looks good though.

Zach

Posted by: Ferg Mar 23 2010, 03:06 PM

From the looks of it, you have a orange bar Porsche Crest badge on the rear... Those are worth some big $$ right now if it's mint, great money even if it's not.

Just a FYI

Ferg

Posted by: JJ914GT Mar 23 2010, 04:41 PM

Really nice looking 914! Wheels fit the car. Exhaust looks a bit crusty though ;-)

Posted by: bradtho Mar 23 2010, 07:22 PM

if you think it looks bad, you should hear it. oh wait you probably have its so loud!