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Posted by: garrettlee2 Apr 10 2016, 01:05 PM

Dose anyone have a picture of 14" western wheels on a 914. I'm trying to see how they look before I switch my car back to four lug.

Posted by: Mark Henry Apr 10 2016, 01:18 PM

what's on it now?

IMHO 14" western wheels will look like shit. .......

Posted by: The Cabinetmaker Apr 10 2016, 01:50 PM

Haven't seen any 14". Just 15

Posted by: Mark Henry Apr 10 2016, 02:02 PM

Maybe 14" is a typo, personally I don't care for the 14" rim, not even the fuchs . Then I'm not fond of bigger than the 16" rims as well.

Western is pretty generic as they had several styles. Are you talking the cyclone wheels? Dan Gurney wheels?

Posted by: Tom_T Apr 10 2016, 09:01 PM

I can't help with 14" Westerns, but these are polished 15" Westerns on my buddy's <61,000 mile 1971 914/4 since it was new from the dealer (he's the OO & that's the original Bahia Red paint!) FYI -



Contrary to Mark H. in this case, I think these look good.

But a word of warning about Westerns is that they have the wrong offset (i.e.: not 40 ET), cuz his 1OEM size 165(/80)HR15 tires are within 1/4" of the rear wheel arch lips, whereas the stock steel, Pedrini & other alloy wheels have a bigger clearance & can handle larger tire widths.

Hope this helps, & maybe recheck yourself - if you really meant 15" rims??

PS - there are a set of 15" Western wheels FS here -
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=282194

Cheers!
Tom
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Posted by: garrettlee2 Apr 10 2016, 09:08 PM

This is the wheel in question

Posted by: Mueller Apr 10 2016, 09:25 PM

Minilite?

Pretty sure not a Western wheel.

Posted by: garrettlee2 Apr 10 2016, 11:02 PM

I was told they're western by a guy that was trying to sell the same set at the Phoenix club swap a couple years ago. There are no markings apart from date stamps so I can't be sure, and it seems minilite is pretty happy to put there name on wheels.

Posted by: nathansnathan Apr 11 2016, 07:41 AM

I think those are known as Western Minilites, like a knock off off a minilite made by Western, but I could be wrong.

Posted by: 1stworks Apr 11 2016, 07:49 AM

Look like Carol Shelby wheels to me...

Posted by: PlantMan Apr 11 2016, 07:58 AM

I have seen EMPI wheels that were very similar to that. I agree though, that it looks closer to a Minilite knock-off.

Posted by: Garold Shaffer Apr 11 2016, 08:02 AM

If they were true minilite rims they would say minilite on them. I had minilites on my 70 & 73




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Posted by: sixnotfour Apr 11 2016, 09:06 AM

Anaconda or mini Europa later is their name

Posted by: tomrev Apr 11 2016, 12:21 PM

This is correct; they made a number of copy styles, and I have the same wheel as in photo on my MGA, made in id-80's.