Replica Fuchs, advantages & disadvantages? Options

[2mAn]

Coming from the BMW world (and 4x100 ) where there are a ton of made in china replica wheels of the original quality, I always stay away from anything thats not authentic. I feel the same is the thought with these, but I was hoping to hear some actual experience with these... you never know?

Im mostly concerned with 2 things.
#1 Quality? The BBS reps were crap and could be easily spotted
#2 Weight? They are notoriously heavy wheels and besides the look of the Fuchs wheels they are also pretty light from what Ive seen.

Thanks

-Simon

[Mueller]

http://www.braidusa.com/Wheels/Comp/BZ/BZ.htm

Not cheap replicas, have not heard a single negative thing about them. Lot of 911 guys over on Pelican run them and a few guys here have them as well....

Pretty sure the guy with the LS powered 914 that hit 165 mph a few weeks ago is running these.

If looking for quality 4 lug sorta-replicas, Magnus walker just had some made by fifteen52 wheels, pricey but shouldn't have any quality issues being new billet.

I also don't think I've seen anything bad about the $99 2.0 Fuch replicas. Of course I doubt anyone is running race tires on them and abusing the daylights out of them.

Unfortunately Porsche people can be biased (edited to be nice) just like BMW owners, factory original or nothing at all. I'm with Dave, with these factory wheels approaching 40 years old with no idea how treated perhaps a quality knockoff wheel isn't all that bad.

[jd74914]

http://www.braidusa.com/Wheels/Comp/BZ/BZ.htm

Not cheap replicas, have not heard a single negative thing about them. Lot of 911 guys over on Pelican run them and a few guys here have them as well....

Unfortunately Porsche people can be biased (edited to be nice) just like BMW owners, factory original or nothing at all. I'm with Dave, with these factory wheels approaching 40 years old with no idea how treated perhaps a quality knockoff wheel isn't all that bad.

Are those prices per wheel or set? Per set that's really not bad for a high quality wheel. The weights coupled with the fact that they are a TUV-rated is a pretty good indicator of their quality to me.

[Mueller]

http://www.braidusa.com/Wheels/Comp/BZ/BZ.htm

Not cheap replicas, have not heard a single negative thing about them. Lot of 911 guys over on Pelican run them and a few guys here have them as well....

Unfortunately Porsche people can be biased (edited to be nice) just like BMW owners, factory original or nothing at all. I'm with Dave, with these factory wheels approaching 40 years old with no idea how treated perhaps a quality knockoff wheel isn't all that bad.

Are those prices per wheel or set? Per set that's really not bad for a high quality wheel. The weights coupled with the fact that they are a TUV-rated is a pretty good indicator of their quality to me.

1 wheel .... if old stock Fuchs are going for $500 to $1000 each (that might need another $1000 for refinishing), not too bad for a brand new unit.

[jd74914]

1 wheel .... if old stock Fuchs are going for $500 to $1000 each (that might need another $1000 for refinishing), not too bad for a brand new unit.

Eeek. I was optimistically hoping it was not per piece. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I agree though, for a new high quality wheel it's expensive but definitely not out of line.