FUCHS RIMS Options

[young55961]

I need some education what to look for on purchasing FUCHS RIMS.

I saw some with black , some with white. Does that suppose to match the car body?

I saw some cap are plain some with logo on it. Which is original ?

Anything I should watch out for?

What is the reasonable price ?


Tks.
Billy

[burton73]

Billy,

Any painted black Fuchs 4 lug is almost for sure not real ones.

I want to point out to you that real is going to go up in value over the years and copies are cast not forged and I was just told that cast aluminum cannot be anodized innless it is a special material.

Factory look is best IMHO

It makes you feel good knowing that your Fuchs are real not fakes. Like a girlfriend! Natural nice ones are best.

Real Fuchs are Stronger as well.

Bob B


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[Dave_Darling]

Any painted black Fuchs 4 lug is almost for sure not real ones.

That's not really the best way to identify them, though, as a lot of the real ones were painted by the original selling dealers. It's an obvious enough idea and provides a visible link to the "big brother" five-lug wheels, after all.

A better indicator is to look at the "windows" through the wheel. The real ones have a softer contour, very slightly rounded at the corners. The cast repros have a more sharp edge and pretty sharp corners. Add that to the painted recess, and you definitely have repros.

The third pic in ndfrigi's post shows repro wheels.

--DD

[mepstein]

Any painted black Fuchs 4 lug is almost for sure not real ones.

That's not really the best way to identify them, though, as a lot of the real ones were painted by the original selling dealers. It's an obvious enough idea and provides a visible link to the "big brother" five-lug wheels, after all.

A better indicator is to look at the "windows" through the wheel. The real ones have a softer contour, very slightly rounded at the corners. The cast repros have a more sharp edge and pretty sharp corners. Add that to the painted recess, and you definitely have repros.

The third pic in ndfrigi's post shows repro wheels.

--DD

Harvey told me they used to paint them at the dealership because it helped them sell.

[sixnotfour]

Any painted black Fuchs 4 lug is almost for sure not real ones.

That's not really the best way to identify them, though, as a lot of the real ones were painted by the original selling dealers. It's an obvious enough idea and provides a visible link to the "big brother" five-lug wheels, after all.

A better indicator is to look at the "windows" through the wheel. The real ones have a softer contour, very slightly rounded at the corners. The cast repros have a more sharp edge and pretty sharp corners. Add that to the painted recess, and you definitely have repros.

The third pic in ndfrigi's post shows repro wheels.

--DD

Harvey told me they used to paint them at the dealership because it helped them sell.

supposed to look more Porsche like.....wrong..they all did it ..In retro spect ....porsche had it right ..but pier pressure to Jon Q public made em wanna bees

[burton73]

Any painted black Fuchs 4 lug is almost for sure not real ones.

That's not really the best way to identify them, though, as a lot of the real ones were painted by the original selling dealers. It's an obvious enough idea and provides a visible link to the "big brother" five-lug wheels, after all.

A better indicator is to look at the "windows" through the wheel. The real ones have a softer contour, very slightly rounded at the corners. The cast repros have a more sharp edge and pretty sharp corners. Add that to the painted recess, and you definitely have repros.

The third pic in ndfrigi's post shows repro wheels.

--DD

Harvey told me they used to paint them at the dealership because it helped them sell.

supposed to look more Porsche like.....wrong..they all did it ..In retro spect ....porsche had it right ..but pier pressure to Jon Q public made em wanna bees

I guess I am wrong but they look like shit to me.

Bob B (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

[mepstein]

Any painted black Fuchs 4 lug is almost for sure not real ones.

That's not really the best way to identify them, though, as a lot of the real ones were painted by the original selling dealers. It's an obvious enough idea and provides a visible link to the "big brother" five-lug wheels, after all.

A better indicator is to look at the "windows" through the wheel. The real ones have a softer contour, very slightly rounded at the corners. The cast repros have a more sharp edge and pretty sharp corners. Add that to the painted recess, and you definitely have repros.

The third pic in ndfrigi's post shows repro wheels.

--DD

Harvey told me they used to paint them at the dealership because it helped them sell.

supposed to look more Porsche like.....wrong..they all did it ..In retro spect ....porsche had it right ..but pier pressure to Jon Q public made em wanna bees

I guess I am wrong but they look like shit to me.

Bob B (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

But think of all the 80’s mods that look like crap now. And every Porsche was painted red. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)