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Charles Freeborn
post May 8 2023, 09:30 PM
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Considering a second set of wheels / tires for the track car.
Conventional wisdom has been cookie cutters, but they've gone up in value. Any other budget friendly options?
6x15 & 7x15 / 5 lug.
Don't need to be pretty nor stylish. At all.
Thx.
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Matt Romanowski
post May 10 2023, 05:50 AM
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But the newest cookie cutters are how old now?

Are Panasports really $300 a wheel? I'll have to give them a call. I'm a buyer at that price.
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post May 10 2023, 06:22 AM
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QUOTE(Matt Romanowski @ May 10 2023, 07:50 AM) *

But the newest cookie cutters are how old now?

Are Panasports really $300 a wheel? I'll have to give them a call. I'm a buyer at that price.

I hear that statement about Fuchs all the time but they are also used at the track. Not that I’m a Fuchs expert but I’ve had hundreds of cookies and Fuchs in my possession and hardly ever see failures other than pot holes or crash damage. Sure it happens once in a while but I bet it’s no more than any other wheel. Mag wheels / gas burners on the other hand are different. Magnesium easily corrodes and failures are common.
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post May 11 2023, 05:59 AM
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QUOTE(mepstein @ May 10 2023, 04:22 AM) *

QUOTE(Matt Romanowski @ May 10 2023, 07:50 AM) *

But the newest cookie cutters are how old now?

Are Panasports really $300 a wheel? I'll have to give them a call. I'm a buyer at that price.

I hear that statement about Fuchs all the time but they are also used at the track. Not that I’m a Fuchs expert but I’ve had hundreds of cookies and Fuchs in my possession and hardly ever see failures other than pot holes or crash damage. Sure it happens once in a while but I bet it’s no more than any other wheel. Mag wheels / gas burners on the other hand are different. Magnesium easily corrodes and failures are common.


I've cracked 2 Fuchs on my 914 and it has not gone off roading. I have a good friend that cracked a Fuch on a street car years ago as well.
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