QUOTE(rhodyguy @ Mar 6 2004, 05:51 AM)
wow john. all of that for $600 was a great deal. not much profit on your end. shipping w/ tires would be spendy tho.
kevin
My Fuch restoration adventure was far from profitable considering the time and money I invested trying to do them myself prior to turning over to a pro.
I read several articles about polishing and attempted the job myself. Bought a good polishing kit, electric tools that turned the right rpm and spent about 30 hours labor per wheel with less than satisfactory results. The local shop I dealt with had better tools and the experience needed to turn out a better product.
If I added up the cost of having tires dismounted, remounted, balancing, tools, polishing compounds, extra buffing wheels (not to mention huge mess created in my shop), plus what I mentioned in previous post, I would guess I had over $1000 to achieve the final results. This was a local sale so there were no shipping costs.
To answer the original question, I prefer original porsche wheels over any aftermarket wheel out there. I'm in the air about which Fuch look better......4 lug vs. 5 lug, but I needed the extra wheel width for my v8 car and reason for swap.
John