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post Dec 16 2017, 09:58 AM
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I'm considering doing a 5-lug conversation to my '74 2.0L using Eric Shea's kit from PMB. I'd prefer this option because I can easily convert it back to the 4-lug if needed. There are a number of replica Fuchs available from Maxilite that look pretty good....15x6 (deep 6), 15x7R and the standard 15x7. The offsets on each of these wheels is different ET36, ET47 & ET23.3.....are there advantages/disadvantages with each? What would be the safest tire width that could be run on each of these wheels without modifying the bodywork on the car.....would 195/65/15 be a safe bet? The photo below would be the ideal look that I'm looking for....15x7 with the RS or RSR finish. I'm open for suggestions / opinions.


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post Sep 15 2020, 12:41 PM
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Harvey widened a set of deep 6's for my car. Unfortunately they did not work out for me but they were beautiful wheels done to his extremely high standards. I ended up trading them to him for a matched set of stock deep 6's- of course they are prefect too.
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QUOTE(Cairo94507 @ Sep 15 2020, 11:41 AM) *

Harvey widened a set of deep 6's for my car. Unfortunately they did not work out for me but they were beautiful wheels done to his extremely high standards. I ended up trading them to him for a matched set of stock deep 6's- of course they are prefect too.


Harvey does beautiful work, and restored the set of Fuchs currently on my car. I've spoken with him about his method of widening deep 6s into 7Rs, and he ably answered my questions re: the obvious: welding 50~ year old forged aluminum. The man knows his stuff, and it sounds like he can widen my existing wheels without having to refinish them.

Then again, selling my deep 6s and moving to replicas offers some financial upsides—and the cast wheels are new rather than forged but heat cycled for 50~ years. The hump I have to get over is whether I care about having real Fuchs on the car. It isn't an original 914-6, nor will it ever be. And for me, it's more about function than correctness.

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post Sep 16 2020, 06:40 AM
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QUOTE(Cairo94507 @ Sep 15 2020, 11:41 AM) *

Harvey widened a set of deep 6's for my car. Unfortunately they did not work out for me but they were beautiful wheels done to his extremely high standards. I ended up trading them to him for a matched set of stock deep 6's- of course they are prefect too.


Harvey does beautiful work, and restored the set of Fuchs currently on my car. I've spoken with him about his method of widening deep 6s into 7Rs, and he ably answered my questions re: the obvious: welding 50~ year old forged aluminum. The man knows his stuff, and it sounds like he can widen my existing wheels without having to refinish them.

Then again, selling my deep 6s and moving to replicas offers some financial upsides—and the cast wheels are new rather than forged but heat cycled for 50~ years. The hump I have to get over is whether I care about having real Fuchs on the car. It isn't an original 914-6, nor will it ever be. And for me, it's more about function than correctness.

And yet…

The nice thing about real Fuchs is they keep going up in value.
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Sep 16 2020, 04:40 AM) *

QUOTE(horizontally-opposed @ Sep 15 2020, 03:01 PM) *

QUOTE(Cairo94507 @ Sep 15 2020, 11:41 AM) *

Harvey widened a set of deep 6's for my car. Unfortunately they did not work out for me but they were beautiful wheels done to his extremely high standards. I ended up trading them to him for a matched set of stock deep 6's- of course they are prefect too.


Harvey does beautiful work, and restored the set of Fuchs currently on my car. I've spoken with him about his method of widening deep 6s into 7Rs, and he ably answered my questions re: the obvious: welding 50~ year old forged aluminum. The man knows his stuff, and it sounds like he can widen my existing wheels without having to refinish them.

Then again, selling my deep 6s and moving to replicas offers some financial upsides—and the cast wheels are new rather than forged but heat cycled for 50~ years. The hump I have to get over is whether I care about having real Fuchs on the car. It isn't an original 914-6, nor will it ever be. And for me, it's more about function than correctness.

And yet…

The nice thing about real Fuchs is they keep going up in value.


I don't expect this to continue indefinitely, as better repro's hit the market it will bring prices down. It happened with 16" Pre-A 356 wheels. I was getting upwards of $1000 a wheel for old bent and rusty 16's, then three companies made repro's, now I get about $400 for originals. The market will fill the void created, it always does. Which is why I did not have any 16's when the market fell out and why I won't be holding any deep sixes when the market falls out of FUCHS world. Shipped out my last full set to a dealer in Canada this week.


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Cal   Fuchs education   Dec 16 2017, 09:58 AM
Cairo94507   On a narrow bodied car, I would go with the deep s...   Dec 16 2017, 10:00 AM
GeorgeRud   195/65-15 fit nicely and have a proper vintage loo...   Dec 16 2017, 10:07 AM
Mark Henry   I have a narrow body, flat 020 Fuchs 15x6, with 20...   Dec 16 2017, 10:09 AM
mepstein   I have a narrow body, flat 020 Fuchs 15x6, with 2...   Dec 16 2017, 04:21 PM
sb914   Check the classifieds There's someone selling ...   Dec 16 2017, 11:44 AM
JOEPROPER   Which is the RS and which is the RSR? :huh: :wack...   Dec 16 2017, 12:16 PM
porschetub   I would like to go back to 15x6 from my 16x7 becau...   Dec 16 2017, 12:50 PM
Mark Henry   ....they are a slightly different casting than th...   Dec 16 2017, 02:49 PM
burton73   I had some 7-inch x 15 Fuchs copies back in 1978....   Dec 16 2017, 03:06 PM
SKL1   Both my 914's are narrow body. Have 6X16 Fuch...   Dec 16 2017, 03:31 PM
SKL1   6X16 Fuchs.   Dec 16 2017, 03:34 PM
Larmo63   :agree: These are real deep sixes in RSR fini...   Dec 16 2017, 06:06 PM
mepstein   If you want to prove to yourself that 7’s won’...   Dec 16 2017, 07:48 PM
Larmo63   :agree: E X A C T L Y   Dec 16 2017, 07:50 PM
sixnotfour   7R offsett will   Dec 16 2017, 08:04 PM
bdstone914   I sold a set of five 6 x 16 real Fuchs to a custom...   Dec 16 2017, 10:06 PM
Hans Jan   After screwing around with bigger tires I ended up...   Dec 17 2017, 12:32 AM
Philip W.   After screwing around with bigger tires I ended u...   Dec 19 2017, 01:30 PM
Unobtanium-inc   My brother might be selling the Al Reed style ones...   Dec 17 2017, 10:11 AM
mepstein   My brother might be selling the Al Reed style one...   Dec 17 2017, 10:50 AM
larryM   interesting - 6x16 real fuchs seem to be offered...   Dec 17 2017, 02:11 PM
sixnotfour   I used to buy 6x16s for $100 or less, but the...   Dec 17 2017, 03:57 PM
mepstein   Apparently, a TUV sticker doesn’t guarantee cert...   Dec 17 2017, 04:14 PM
Cal   Thanks for all the feedback.....it's appreciat...   Dec 17 2017, 11:07 PM
sixnotfour   thats the best 16x6 picture Ive ever seen....I am ...   Dec 17 2017, 11:53 PM
raynekat   It's very true that real 15x6 Fuchs are Uber e...   Dec 18 2017, 05:59 PM
mgphoto   Real 5 1/2 x 15's with hearts! 195/65 -15 ...   Dec 18 2017, 06:13 PM
Racer   find a 6x15.. deep or flat.. and if you want to fi...   Dec 18 2017, 06:23 PM
Cal   Ok....next question. What's the deal with the...   Dec 18 2017, 06:42 PM
mepstein   Ok....next question. What's the deal with th...   Dec 18 2017, 06:51 PM
Larmo63   14" tire choices are quite limited, that...   Dec 18 2017, 06:49 PM
Larmo63   You can't argue with the look of deep sixes......   Dec 18 2017, 06:57 PM
Cal   You can't argue with the look of deep sixes.....   Dec 18 2017, 07:07 PM
Larmo63   Go with the 14" w/Veredesteins, that would be...   Dec 18 2017, 07:13 PM
Mark Henry   Flat, deep, hearts lets face it no one knows the d...   Dec 18 2017, 08:23 PM
mepstein   Flat, deep, hearts lets face it no one knows the ...   Dec 19 2017, 12:34 PM
Alapone   Flat, deep, hearts lets face it no one knows the...   Dec 19 2017, 12:39 PM
mepstein   [quote name='mepstein' post='2559202' date='Dec 1...   Dec 19 2017, 06:28 PM
Mark Henry   Flat, deep, hearts lets face it no one knows the...   Dec 19 2017, 02:14 PM
Racer   I run 5.5x14 on my -6 with 196/60-14 Falken Azenis...   Dec 18 2017, 08:36 PM
mgphoto   14 inch tires were for the touring set, softer rid...   Dec 19 2017, 10:39 AM
gothspeed   Thanks for all the feedback.....it's apprecia...   Dec 24 2017, 09:06 PM
burton73   951SN- 7 x 15 are the very same as a 911SN -7 x 15...   Dec 25 2017, 09:19 PM
jmitro   951 never came with 15" wheels; only 16...   Dec 25 2017, 09:29 PM
burton73   You are right my friend. Brain fog. I just had my ...   Dec 25 2017, 09:36 PM
gothspeed   You are right my friend. Brain fog. I just had my...   Dec 26 2017, 01:45 AM
mph911   I don't think you can beat 15x6 Fuchs (Flat or...   Dec 25 2017, 10:23 PM
Cracker   These are Fuchs on 6 & 7's - my original c...   Dec 26 2017, 08:22 AM
Cal   I've traded a couple of emails with a fellow E...   Dec 26 2017, 09:10 AM
horizontally-opposed   I've traded a couple of emails with a fellow ...   Sep 13 2020, 04:03 PM
porschetub   [quote name='Cal' post='2561202' date='Dec 26 201...   Sep 13 2020, 05:01 PM
horizontally-opposed   [b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?...   Sep 15 2020, 11:01 AM
Cal   I've traded a couple of emails with a fellow...   Sep 15 2020, 10:42 AM
Cracker   ...and why not long-term? Unless you are entering ...   Dec 26 2017, 09:15 AM
Cal   ...and why not long-term? Unless you are entering...   Dec 26 2017, 09:28 AM
sithot   ...and why not long-term? Unless you are enterin...   Dec 29 2017, 08:32 AM
SixerJ   Compare and contrast with the same car Original D...   Dec 29 2017, 12:14 PM
Cairo94507   Harvey widened a set of deep 6's for my car. ...   Sep 15 2020, 12:41 PM
horizontally-opposed   Harvey widened a set of deep 6's for my car. ...   Sep 15 2020, 01:01 PM
mepstein   Harvey widened a set of deep 6's for my car....   Sep 16 2020, 06:40 AM
Unobtanium-inc   [quote name='horizontally-opposed' post='285...   Sep 16 2020, 08:15 AM
Unobtanium-inc   People are paying for FUCHS? Why didn't anyon...   Sep 15 2020, 07:48 PM
ri914   People are paying for FUCHS? Why didn't anyo...   Sep 15 2020, 07:52 PM
73-914   People are paying for FUCHS? Why didn't anyo...   Sep 16 2020, 06:43 AM


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