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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI

In my quest for lightweight racing wheels that would be period appropriate for my UWB project, I came across this site today: http://www.panasport.com/

It appears they have the ability to create custom configurations. I am thinking about very deep dish 15" wheels, probably 7" to 8" in front, with at least 10" on the back. I really like the C8's with the centers painted to match my planned color scheme (but in 5-lug, of course...):

I've seen a couple of early 911s with wheels similar to these. What do you guys think?

Previously, I was looking at lightweight custom wheels from Kodiak, which are still an option. However, I would LOVE to come up with a look that is more period appropriate for my car. Vintage deep dish Ronals or BBS would be perfect, but they're hard to find in the sizes I will need, and very pricey. It would also be cool to get something like the GTP/GTS/GTR wheels such as those on the Hugo Boss cars, but those appear to be nearly one-off factory items that would be unrealistic budget-wise.

Any other ideas or suggestions?
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bass gt · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:04 am Post subject:

Dan,

Those are a copy of the classic Minilite wheels. They look great except one thing. In the picture, they are 4 bolt. With a five bolt fitment,, the bolt holes intrude into the webs, ruining thelook in my opinion. have a look at the Image wheels website. Lots of design ideas there also. I seem to remember there was a company in Spain i think that made copy Fuch's in widths up to 12". Can't for the life of me remeber their name though.
however, you can't go wrong with a classic close multispoke design like the early BBS's. Those, with a nice deep dish would look great.

Steve
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11724 Location: PacNW

Good suggestion. . .pic of a hot one from Image Wheels:

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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI

924RACR · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:09 am Post subject:

Ahhh, hen you don't want to see what else is hiding in my storage unit...

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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI

924RACR · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:41 am Post subject:

Definitely not.

NOS BBS 16" rim centers.

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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI

Your such a tease.

I know. That's what she said.

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emoore924 · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 2815

I'd say check to be sure you can get tires to fit the rims, whatever you choose. If you're after DOT tires in wide 15" or 16" diameters, some sizes are getting hard (if not impossible) to find. See if you can find some 285/40/15, which was the size people put on the 11x15" BBS wheel that was so popular in the mid 80's. There are some vintage racing suppliers that might have a comparable size for the wider, smaller diameter wheels (>=9 width, <=16 diameter), but beware that you might not pass state inspection because most of the race tires are NOT DOT approved.

Oh, and BTW, each time you want to dismount/mount another tire, you have to *disassemble* the 15's (there is no mount hump so you can mount the tire with the wheel assembled), and that costs you a seal ring ($75/wheel) and a bolt set ($20/wheel) and an explode mount ($10/wheel).

I have a great set of 9x15 and 11x15 3-piece BBS wheels with good sealing rings, black centers and polished outers, but finding tires, well, that's another story..., and yes, I would sell them cheap. They're sitting in my garage attic taking up space. I was thinking of making end tables out of them...

endwrench · Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 1631 Location: Victor, Montana

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI

Eric
Great stuff...I'll do some research on the tires. We don't have state inspections on older cars in MI, so no worries there. The only thing we have to worry about re: being street legal is no slicks, proper head lights, tail lights, turn signals, and seat belts. Otherwise, people run pretty much whatever they want on the street, particularly if the car is more than 20 yrs old. After all, it is the motor city!!!

Please send me an email or PM with pix and price you want for those wheels. I'm definitely "in the market" and interested. They would be period correct for my car, which is a primary consideration.
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flosho · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:28 am Post subject:

Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11724 Location: PacNW

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI

Not that I mind the prospect of mounting something as juicy as J.A., particularly in that pose, but, to bring things back on topic...

endwrench · Joined: 07 Dec 2002 Posts: 1631 Location: Victor, Montana