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Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:34 am

Well spring is here again and i'm getting that itch... Do I buy new rims or not? If the square was wide 5 I'd have already made up my mind, but it's a '69 and four bolt.

(Rim pictures from CIP)
We're running stock rims... which I like... but what would you put on it?
If I order in the next 2 days I'll get 10% off... our I'll just wait till the next 'sale' at Cal Imports

Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:02 pm

BRM 4 lug or 2-liter Porsches. The 8-spoke is too common, and the riviera is ugly.

Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:17 pm

I would do the 2 litres myself

Tue Mar 30, 2004 12:49 pm

out of the four picked, i'd go with the 2 litres. If you're open to more suggestions I'm really favoring sprintstars at the moment, I wanted some 5 lug porsche rims but it would be more work than I want right now and some refurbished sprints are nice.

Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:07 pm

grethi wrote: BRM 4 lug or 2-liter Porsches. The 8-spoke is too common, and the riviera is ugly.

I agree! Except the BRM is getting over-played also. So it's the 2 liter!

Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:47 pm

71square wrote: ... If you're open to more suggestions I'm really favoring sprintstars at the moment...
I'd go that route but It'll cost me a bit more... If I can keep the price down maybe I can 'Justify' the purchase :wink:

Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:49 pm

IMO, keep your tires on stock wheels for a while, save the money you've got now, and wait until you find something you really like. I think all those wheels are fugly, polished 2 liters or grey spoked BRM's would be the best of the bunch. But thats just my opinion. Don't settle just because it's on sale. Sprintstars are king, there are always a few sets floating around the classifieds for a reasonable price.

Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:42 pm

Keep what you've got on there for now, and save your money until you can get some Torque Thrust II's for it (you'll need to re-drill your drums and rotors though). Since you really like the 5 spoke design, this is about your only option. I plan on using these on my Roadster 2. just some food for thought.

Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:48 pm

If you can find em, early original rivies without the raised bump on the spokes are cool. Get em fully polished and stuff. I have set on my square, not quite polished and they look sick when its slammed.

Paul

Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:24 pm

I know where there's a fasty that's ready and perfect for a racing project... Manual, stripped interior, solid, extra body panels, just messed up enough that no one would worry about the morality of not restoring it... if I only had the money. It's a "make offer and take it" car, too. Paul's comments reminded me.
I want the early rivies off of it, though; even if there are only 3 of them.

Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:46 pm

oh man, your pic wasnt working earlier when I looked at this topic. Now that I see your square I say keep those stock wheels, that looks nice with the black centers and white rims. Don't change a thing!

orr keep saving...

Wed Mar 31, 2004 1:51 pm

i also really like stock with street rod trim rings added for some bling

Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:56 pm

Hey Kombi, havn't seen your square before, looking good. I like your stock look you've got right now. If your at Bug Thaw I'll probably see you there. I'm looking for all sorts of stuff, hopefully there will be a bit of stuff for T3s.

Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:51 pm

Yeah the stock rims look pretty good the way you currently have them. I should have gone that route on my 69 Square, since it looks just like yours (except for the antenna in the rear fender :shock: ). I think it looks good like it does. Maybe you should buy some other stuff instead. 8)

Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:25 am

I like the way your car looks. It is kind of original if you keep it like it is because everyone is using one of the four wheels your looking at. I did end up finding a clean set of sprint star wheels here on the samba that are sweet. Try this link maybe you'll get a good price. http://sasha.go-gaia.com/arena/index.php?i=101745

Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:28 am

Sorry that was a link to my girlfriends artwork. Here is the right link
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/index.php?alert+200403312141047369

Thu Apr 01, 2004 5:39 pm

mine is 5 bolts Brm look good with new paint

Sun Apr 04, 2004 5:27 am

Pedrini or mahle baby gas burners!
they come up on ebay quite often.