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> Best looking wheels for a narrow body - what say you?
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post Feb 16 2021, 01:58 AM
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Fuchs / BBS? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
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post Feb 16 2021, 02:58 AM
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Group 4 Wheels TT 6 x 15 ET36
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post Feb 16 2021, 04:41 AM
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16" fuchs


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post Feb 16 2021, 08:06 AM
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I am happy this thread took off, and man you all have some nicely tailored 914s.
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post Feb 16 2021, 09:15 AM
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QUOTE(HaraldD @ Feb 15 2021, 11:58 PM) *

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Fuchs / BBS? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
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Ok Harald—here I thought your car could not look better than it does on your 15-inch Fuchs. WOW on the gold BBS. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

More pics, please!
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post Feb 16 2021, 10:22 AM
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Hello Pete,

these are 16" Fuchs you see in my first post... :-)
7 + 8 x 16 Fuchs from 944 Turbo
Here you see a picture with (original) 7R's around.
With 26mm spacers, tires are 185/70-15

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post Feb 16 2021, 10:29 AM
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QUOTE(HaraldD @ Feb 16 2021, 12:58 AM) *

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Fuchs / BBS? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
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Beautiful Car!!!!!

On your car, Gold BBS > 944 Fuchs > Original Fuchs
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post Feb 16 2021, 10:35 AM
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You don't see many of these, and this may be the route I go with my conversion to 6....


I am partial to these Phone Dials. They came off my 86 944 Turbo.



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post Feb 16 2021, 11:01 AM
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QUOTE(HaraldD @ Feb 16 2021, 08:22 AM) *

Hello Pete,

these are 16" Fuchs you see in my first post... :-)
7 + 8 x 16 Fuchs from 944 Turbo
Here you see a picture with (original) 7R's around.
With 26mm spacers, tires are 185/70-15

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16 7s & 8s…nice. 205/55R16 & 225/50R16? There are so many great performance tires available in those sizes right now.

But my heart has a tough time choosing between the 15x7 Fuchs and 15-inch BBS—with one looking so correct/right and the other adding an unexpected (and very cool) twist. This is one of my favorite narrow-body 914s…
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post Feb 16 2021, 12:29 PM
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Gas burners on a six...

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Fuchs on a 4.

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post Feb 16 2021, 05:18 PM
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Everyone has an opinion. Mine is, don't go aftermarket. Fuchs of course. Mahle's are my favorite.

Rivs are a great sleeper if you black out the middle and polish the lips. Looks awesome on cookies too if you are 5-lug.

Just don't ruin things by putting paint on wheels that should never be painted, or destroying factory finish to make it blingy shiny. It cheapens things. This is the worst sin on 4lug Fuchs. Painting black between the paddles on a four lug is the worst of all! It only screams fake.

Keep things somewhat vintage correct. Putting more modern wheels that are too far away from the decade the car was made, just looks wrong. If it belongs on a modified boxster, especially if bling, it does NOT belong on a 914.
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post Feb 16 2021, 05:46 PM
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hub caps and Fuchs...


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post Feb 16 2021, 05:52 PM
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IMHO the four lug Fuchs are the best wheel for a stock body 914, and like Rand says “no paint”! Original finish or fully polished (if you like extra bling). I love five lug Fuchs too, but they are so common.
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post Feb 16 2021, 07:31 PM
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Magnesium Minilites. Period correct, 1970


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post Feb 16 2021, 08:26 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Even Aluminum are just fine.
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post Feb 16 2021, 10:04 PM
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QUOTE(JeffBowlsby @ Feb 16 2021, 03:46 PM) *

QUOTE(Jett @ Feb 9 2019, 09:11 AM) *

hub caps and Fuchs...


Delphi on a Persian rug? YKM? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Costco rugs we bought for our new home so the dog wouldn’t slip on the floors, we later bought “traditional” rugs and moved these to the garage (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Feb 16 2021, 10:35 PM
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One of the reasons I like Fuchs so much, other than their iconic shape, is they are forged aluminum and rarely get bent or knocked out of true. A lot of the other choices are cast and are very soft. It's very hard to find a set of Mahle's that aren't bent.
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post Feb 17 2021, 04:50 AM
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Would be interesting to see theses “steelie” look on a 914 five lug. They are by HRBB in aluminum, around 15 pounds each in the 15” diameter. 15” and up in diameter options, custom width and offsets...

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post Feb 17 2021, 08:27 AM
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16x7 fronts and 16x8 rears

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post Feb 17 2021, 09:02 AM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ Feb 16 2021, 08:35 PM) *

One of the reasons I like Fuchs so much, other than their iconic shape, is they are forged aluminum and rarely get bent or knocked out of true. A lot of the other choices are cast and are very soft. It's very hard to find a set of Mahle's that aren't bent.


Jim at EASY once said he felt Fuchs made the best wheels for a production car he'd ever seen, period—and he was somebody who had seen a lot of Porsches after their demise. His reason was the same as yours: they're forged and of extremely high quality. He said he had rarely seen a failure of any kind. Years have passed since then, and a (small?) number of aging Fuchs on Porsche club racing cars have cracked around the lug nuts as people have continued to race on ever improving tires that can feed wild loads into them. It's helpful to remember these wheels were original equipment for Porsches built between 1966 and 1989, and mainly intended for street cars.

It's be great if Porsche would again offer the "deep 6" and 7R, as I sometimes wonder about the heat cycles and impacts experienced over 50 years of use. The obvious alternative is a cast-aluminum replica from Braid, Group 4, or Maxilite—which I believe all build their wheels with competition in mind. But nothing is quite like a forged Fuchs wheel, and it's very cool that two designs were offered for the 914, in four and five lugs.
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