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.

Delphi on a Persian rug? YKM?

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.

Magnesium Minilites. Period correct, 1970

Even Aluminum are just fine.

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

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.

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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16x7 fronts and 16x8 rears

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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.

i like those!, wonder what the offset is for the 6" and 7", would be perfect for the AX tires.

7 inches under a rolled fender works for me.....

OEM steelies on my sorely missed yellow 6
A rare sight these days.

Couldn't agree more Rory, 914-6 lends itself so well to the simplicity of the early steelies.

My ex-Irish Green 6 also sorely missed

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Mahles!

There is a lot of really great looking combinations, thanks everyone for sharing pictures!

Love the whole thing....beautiful !
Best shut lines I've seen in years.

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i like those!, wonder what the offset is for the 6" and 7", would be perfect for the AX tires.
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Phil, I think any offset you want. They are two piece welded aluminum, customizable...but pretty pricey for an old frugal 914 owner like me
But I like them too...

I'm partial to the 15x7 Phonedials (23.3mm offset) and my 15x7 BBS-Mahles.

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The complex webbing of the bbs style either appeals to you or doesn't. I still can't find a way to like them on a 914. (Or anything else I've tried...nrrp.)
Phonedials.... Even tougher to fit into a time or design. hmm... I just can't like them on a 914 either.

Dang man, didn't mean to disagree, lol, just thinking out loud.
Definitely an interesting topic with lots of perspectives, so staying open minded and enjoying it.

They look great, but they are a fuching pain in the butt to clean.

Clay

I like widened steelies.
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Whatever one's personal taste…

My thanks to @Tdskip for what has to be the best single thread I've seen on wheel options for narrow-body 914s.

Sure like where this is going.

Ride height and wheel/tire package nailed for a hot rod, and Ivory + silver BBS-Mahles + burgundy = a simple look that's very, very pretty. It isn't hard to see this recipe turning into a stunner.

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I have to agree with @71six - I really like the mini-lite wheel on the 4 lug cars. It's a tough call between that and the stock finished Fuchs wheels.

Exemplified
Why you wan to do dis?

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gets my vote.
dream.
(might have something to do with the color. if its irish its good).

love the steelies.
even sh*tbox 74 vw steelies.
proper. german. hard core.
alloys are g#y?
aussie opinion please ignore.

don't mind cookie cutters. american. probably why.
minilites look great on anything. funny thing that.
but...i'd still go steelie.
hub caps on. hub caps off.
doesn't come any better than that for saying what mood you are in.

Back in the eighties I'd often go to PCA gatherings with my orange 6 that at the
time had original steel wheels and hub caps.
More than once a person would comment that it was a nice car.....
then, when they got to the back they'd exclaim....'Oh ! it's a six !'
Painted steel wheels about as modest as you can get. Very stealthy.
Widened steelies ?......even better. Remove the hubcaps....a bit racy. Period racy.

Love the ATS wheels on a 914 especially a white one. I imported these from Germany as we had a division there back in the day. Pic taken back in the mid 80's. Sold that car and just found it in Cincinnati with the wheels still on it

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True that A budy had 6 got 5..
Re barrel..

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Nicely finished,
appears clear coated.

Have many people done this mod to their 4 lug Fuchs?

I've always wondered how the 4 lug Fuchs would look if the centers were painted solid black and the lip kept silver. These look really good. @DblDog Did you have these done professionally or DIY?

Looks Great!!! Where'd you source the Multi-color Side Script? I like it.

These are NICE. Not much info out there on pricing but they can't be cheap.

HRBB Outlaws

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Nice. Did you DIY or have them done professionally?

love this look! what size tires are you running?

@RichPugh
How much did you have to pull the fenders?
What size tires?

I didnt pull the fenders at all in front... but in the rear I literally just pulled them gently by hand just to give them a few mm clearance at the lip edge. It's tight but no rubbing. I'm running 205/45-16 all around Toyo Proxes R888R

- Rich

Personally I love the Pedrini (not mentioned in this thread??) and Mahle
On an early car, I also think the steel wheels with hubcaps is perfect too.

My vote is Mahles.

What are those? I love them!

Magnus Walker wheels. NLA.

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Magnus Walker wheels. NLA.
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He made 914 wheels? Prob too much money. oh well.

Five lug Fuchs

I could not agree more.

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