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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Check out my "new" Fuchs

Posted by: carreraguy Sep 5 2004, 04:11 PM

Just got my refinished Fuchs back from Harvey at Weidman's Wheels. He did a great job!

An "after" shot:

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Posted by: carreraguy Sep 5 2004, 04:16 PM

A "before" shot.

I like the Fuchs a lot better than the AE Empi clones the car came with. I weighed one of the Fuchs and it is about 5 lbs lighter than the original steel spare. The handling difference with the ES100 195/60's vs the Kumho 165's is very dramatic to say the least.

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Posted by: carreraguy Sep 5 2004, 04:22 PM

Closeup of one of the wheels.

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Posted by: ! Sep 5 2004, 04:27 PM

The before shot looks like Empis.....

Posted by: thomasotten Sep 5 2004, 04:29 PM

Looks cool. Compared to those black empis, the silver wheels makes for nice eye candy.

Posted by: carreraguy Sep 5 2004, 04:50 PM

Mike;

Yep the "before" shot is with the previous American Eagle wheels that had the "Empi" look but wer not really Empi's. I will be selling them soon if anyone is interested; have not decided yet if I want to sell them with the Kumhos or not.

Posted by: tod914 Sep 5 2004, 04:54 PM

Looks great. Were the insets anodized?

Posted by: carreraguy Sep 5 2004, 06:12 PM

Yep, all wheels were cleaned up (polishing, removing pitting etc.) and re-anodized.

Posted by: anthony Sep 5 2004, 06:59 PM

Nice! A huge upgrade for your car. Just the wider tires make the car look better.

Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Sep 5 2004, 07:06 PM

Stunning Tom, your car is incredible. The 'new' Fuchs are amazingly beautiful...certainly my all around favorite wheel for these cars.

I have been told that some of the harsher chemicals will discolor the anodizing eventually, so find something mild to clean them when needed.

Posted by: Rhodes71/914 Sep 5 2004, 07:38 PM

Nice Wheels Man!
Great Looking Car as Well!!

Posted by: smg914 Sep 5 2004, 08:27 PM

Your car with the new 2 liter Fuchs looks really nice. Who is this Harvey dude at Weidman's Wheels? I thought Wheel Enhancement was the only place that still does the anodizing process. I'm assuming WW is somewhere in California.

Posted by: Chris H. Sep 6 2004, 09:43 AM

WOW

Those look great! I was thinking about doing that over the winter. Yeah who is this Harvey dude? I also thought wheel enhancements was the only place for re-anodizing.

Where did you source the centers and lugs? Are those lugs the 17MM ones that are on e-bay all the time?

Posted by: p914 Sep 6 2004, 11:58 AM

Super looking wheels. Wheels are like a stunning set of earrings on a beautiful woman. They set the whole thing on fire!