I really like the Panasport wheels, but they seem to be difficult to find. A call to a Panasport dealer didn't pan-out either. The VTO Classic 8 looks simular to my panaspot wheels.
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I have VTO wheels. I went with 16x7 and 195/55 Pilot Sport AS 3. So far I only about 80 feet on them so I have no idea how they are driving.
Luckily VTO had just moved to a location about 2 miles from my house. I was going to pick up a wheel to check clearances. As luck would have the owner Alex had a 205/50 mounted on the Classic 8 up in their old location and offered to bring it down. Good thing I took him up on his offer.
My passenger side rear was tight. After measuring it seemed that fender lip was about 1/2" closer to the inner structure. I was still prepaint so I pushed the fender lip out to match the other side. I might have been able to pull it off painted but who needs that stress. I then rolled the inner on both sides just to be safe. They had different wheel in a darker gun metal finish that I loved, so I had them finish the whole wheel in the darker color.

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I like them... they weigh less than my last set of wheels...

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Running them on my flared car with 215/45/16s but they are really made for a narrow body car. ET35 so you in most cases you should be able to get a 205 to work without much fuss

I have several sets for my race car. They are very nice and very reasonably priced. Available in several styles and factory drilled to your bolt pattern. I get mine here

http://www.futofab.com/index.php?option=co...3&Itemid=74

James, did your come with the optional levitation air in the rears?

There's a set for sale on pelican. $800 4- 4 lug.

No, i added that after the fact!

Not sure what their current pricing is but I got mine for less than that brand new with lugs and caps direct from VTO.

I can order them new for that price, and can specify exactly the offset needed. Toyo RR’s 205/50-15 fit perfect with 31mm offset. I mounted a Hoosier 205 on one of my Panasport wheels, but discovered they are slightly wider than Toyo’s. Hoping to tweak the offset slightly so Hoosier’s will fit.

Anybody know the weight of a 15x7 or 16x7? Would like to eventually source wider wheels than the 5.5" Mahles I'm running on my 4-lug narrow bodied car, but some of the aftermarket options available in the past were heavy (18-20 lb range, compared with 5-lug Fuchs 7" Fuchs at around 15lbs)

VTO website says 15 x 7 Classic 8 wheels are 17.4 Lbs. They are heavier than Panasport wheels I believe

Do the lug bolt holes have the proper factory-style conical lug seat?

FYI, I have a brand new set of 16x7’s in the box. I would sell for $800 plus shipping.

That’s a great looking wheel Do the 5 lugs fit the 914 ?

These would fit 4 lug narrow body cars.

Jeez that's heavy ,must be cast alloy ? ,nice looking wheel however.

They have 5 lugs for the 911 and they do custom drilling and offsets.

Gorgeous wheels. I had very similar ones on a BMW 1600.

@mwyatt

These VTO Classic are 15 x 7 with 38 mm offset and weigh 13.8 lbs.

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Panasports on my 2002.

Are they offering that color as a standard option now? It looks about the same color as mine.

VTO offers custom powder coating, so many color choices available.

As for the lug bolts, they are 60 degree taper, not the Porsche conical seats.

On the 7" wheels, I'm seeing offsets from 31 to 38mm, @914e I wonder if you could tell me the offset on yours?

Actually I incorrectly stated 15 x 7 with 38 mm offset. The offset is + 36 mm. I have 1" spacers on the front wheels, and 1/8" spacers on the rear wheels.

Jim

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@Driver174 those look great. Thanks for posting their weight, sounds pretty good.

From my invoice they are 35mm I thought they were 36mm. Could be a typo. I don't think a mm makes much of difference.