Mangels rare, desirable?

[marky967]

I stumbled upon these and cant find much on them. I see lots on the porsche reps but not this particular one. 15x5.5, not chrome. Made in Brazil. Any info would be great.

[DuaneL]

Well since no one else is speaking up, from what I have read they are better quality then the stock style new ones being sold today. When I tried to find some locally earlier this year I had no luck (I did want the 5.5 but ended up with some 5.5 vintage mags instead that I am quite happy with) not sure how much people would be willing to give for a set but I would think a set of four would be desirable to many who are going for stock look but want the inch wider.
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1971 std bug, 1776, ACN Super Stock 34-3, dvda dist, 27x8.50 14 tires

[Rome]

Those were quite popular in the '90's on mild custom VWs, mostly Beetles.

I bought 4 new ones from JC Whitney about 24 years ago, for my '69 Beetle. $40 apiece. The wheels have approx. 26 to 30mm offset so that they come outwards to the fender edge. They were white powder-coated and had a thin pinstripe near the outer rim edge. The squarish brake cooling holes screamed "not German" and I did not want to keep them white. I asked a colleague who was an instructor for automotive paint, and he advised to simply scuff the surface and wipe with paint prep cleaner. I painted them all-black using Varathane polyurethane gloss paint (HW store) and a conventional spray gun. The black paint hid the shape of the cooling holes, and I had a wide trim ring on them to reduce the all-black appearance. When I sold the Beetle in 2001 I kept the wheels, removed the trim rings, painted the outer edge cream using spray cans, and mounted them on my Fastback. The Fasty did not come with that two-tone wheel paint scheme but it looks OK to me. 185/65 tires all around, and stock VW hubcaps.