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Posted by: qa1142 Aug 26 2004, 03:21 PM

Most used ones look like they should be $5.

Are the ones for ~ $35 NOS?

who makes best repoductions?

Are any of the NOS or reporductions worth the cash?

thanks

Posted by: seanery Aug 26 2004, 03:23 PM

there's a guy on ebay that sells billet centers. They look pretty sweet.

Posted by: itsa914 Aug 26 2004, 03:31 PM

Will,

I bring my set of used ones with me Sunday. Your welcome to use them until you find what you want, they're not pretty but useable.

Posted by: smg914 Aug 26 2004, 03:45 PM

The new ones that you can still order from your local Porsche dealer or from most of the mail order places are nice but are not the exact same design as the original ones. The lip of the cap that touches the wheel on the originals is about 3/16 of an inch wide and on the ones you get today, the lip is only about 1/16 of an inch wide. Also the finish of the new caps are not the same as the originals. On the new ones, the finish is somewhat dull where on the originals they were polished.

The design of the new aftermarkts caps that you see on ebay are even more different. The face of the cap is missing the indented center. It is completely flat. I'm not sure of this but I think they taller than the originals too. In other words, they would stick out further than the originals.

If it was me buying them, I would go for the new original ones. They are closest to the factory originals. But that's the purest in me speaking.

Posted by: ! Aug 26 2004, 03:50 PM

I get used ones then polish them on my Craftsman wheel....they polish up nice. Lots cheaper and easier to work with.

Then I customize them depending on which set of wheels I am using.....the 911 has red faces and petals now and the whole cap is red. the 356 is using the polished Fuchs with light blue highlights on the face only.....I painted the caps the same color them srubbed the falt surfaces and left the blue in the cirlcle and the crest.....

Posted by: qa1142 Aug 26 2004, 03:54 PM

anyone have Porsche part number?

Posted by: smg914 Aug 26 2004, 04:01 PM

914 361 303 03

Posted by: ! Aug 26 2004, 04:07 PM

My bad....I keep thinking five lug Fuchs...