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Sun May 27, 2007 8:25 am

Hi guys. I've just opened a blog dedicated to Sprintstar wheels. What I want is to put together as much people as possible who own Sprintstar Wheels...
You are welcome if you want to post the pictures of your Volkswagen with Sprintstars, or even if you only want to take a look at the other cars.
You are welcome even if you have a set of sprintstars and you want to sell them, or if you're looking for a set of these wonderful wheels, no matter if original or replica, 4 or 5 bolts :-)

We're waiting for you at the following address www.sprintstar.blogspot.com

Thanks :D :D :D :D

Tue May 29, 2007 3:08 pm

I think Ive got some pics of my sprintstars in my gallery here on TheSamba. Feel free to post them. Mine are custom. They started as four 15x5.5's but I reversed the rims for the front, and maximized the offset to tuck the tires as much as possible.

Wed May 30, 2007 5:56 am

Great site and idea ! ! ! These really ARE one of the most beautiful wheels made, aren't they? Surprisingly they look as good or better in silver and black as they do in chrome, and translate into four lug as good as they look in five lug . . . maybe the mark of a perfect design.

I only have two nice narrow ones, still looking for another pair.

Wed May 30, 2007 9:06 am

TC/TeamEvil wrote: These really ARE one of the most beautiful wheels made, aren't they?...

I tend to agree, as far as custom wheels go. The thing I like about them is that they don't have the "harsh angularity" that the very popular BRM/BRM replicas have--the Sprints seem to have "softer edges," which, to me, go better with the graceful curves of old VWs, like Bugs and Ghias. Just my feeling anyway. The fact that they're *steel* (the originals anyway) also appeals to me on some level--maybe more of an "old school" type of thing...

I've done refinishing projects on both 5-bolt and 4-bolt in the "standard" two tone rally wheel silver w/dull black highlights (wow, the masking job on 4-bolters is a lot more intensive than for 5-bolters), also some monotone silver 4-bolters, which, to me, allowed the slots to stand out a bit (they kind of get lost in the blackness otherwise).

The latest look I'm anxious to try is glossy black monotone, with chrome lug bolts & caps. Here is my set of 4-bolt narrows, as freshly painted last fall (not sure what kind of tires I want to put on them yet, though):

Wed May 30, 2007 10:09 am

Thank you very much guys. I'm really happy to see that there are a lot of "fans" of these wheels all around the world.

TO sbnova: Thank you very much even for allowing me to post the picture... I'll look for them and post them on the blog asap.

TO Stock Steve: Your "monotone" sprinstars look really good... can I post your picture on our blog? (If you have other sprintstars picture send them to me to [email protected] and I'll post them on the blog)

TO TC/TeamEvil: Come on... let us see your sprintstars pics... you only have two of them now, but it doesn't matter :D :D :D

TO EVERYONE ELSE: Show us your Sprintstars and post pics and comments on our blog www.sprintstar.blogspot.com

Thanks you for visiting the blog... thank you very much :D :D :D

Wed May 30, 2007 10:46 am

Thanks Maggio--you may indeed add my sprints picture to your blog. I will look around to see what I can find in the way of pictures. Keep up the good work!

Meanwhile, here is one obsolete ad (they're now sold): http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=347990

And here is one ongoing ad (they're still available): http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=408663

Thanks again,

Stock Steve

Thu May 31, 2007 6:41 am

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/wheel/DSCN0067.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/wheel/DSCN0066.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/TeamEvil/wheel/DSCN0064.jpg

Not to jump in with a "wanted" on the wrong forum, but . . .

I've got four of these, anyone wanna trade for two narrow Sprint Stars?

They're Enkei wheels, offered by Automobile Atlanta as an after market wheel for the Porsche 914 way back when. Of course, they also fit four lug VW's. Kinda rare, I guess, just not well known outside of the 914 community.

See . . . it WAS, after all, a Sprint Star related request.

Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:25 pm

I'd like to thank all the guys who visited our blog and the ones who sent me pics to publish. Thank you very very much :D

Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:09 am

here is a pic of my 72 on OG solid gloss white powdercoated 4.5s and 5.5s.

as soon as my battery is charged, I am gonna go shoot some more pics and will send to you for the blog.

Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:55 am

Thank you very much... I'll wait for your pics :D :D :D :D

Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:26 pm

Hey cool idea and you guys can probably lead me to where I need to be.

I bought a 70 beetle vert that had sprintstars and gt steering wheel! The wheels are very straight but need to be rechromed. Know of any good shops that can do this work. Preferebly closer to TN but I am willing to ship them if need be.

Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:02 pm

In the loft of my "storage barn"

To bad they are neon orange :?

Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:21 am

dubsquared wrote: here is a pic of my 72 on OG solid gloss white powdercoated 4.5s and 5.5s.

as soon as my battery is charged, I am gonna go shoot some more pics and will send to you for the blog.

Hi... come on don't be shy show us more pictures of your bug and your wheels... :D

Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:46 am

Can anyone tell me how much an original set of 5-lug Empi SprintStar wheels are worth? I'll post some pictures soon... just looking for an estimate--thanks! (Will get the pics over to your blog, too)

'zilla

Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:34 pm

Are the old empi sprints the only ones with the deep dish?i looked and the newer ones dont look like the ones above.
sorry if this seems like a hijack, in fact i dont think its a hijack :lol:

Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:26 pm

April 2008: Skinny blackies finally fitted with some tires (155R15 BFG T/A's at all four corners), and finally onto the car...

Little to no driving with this new setup, but pretty happy so far with limited around-the-block drives (17psi front, 20 psi rear)...

Original center caps..."chrome" covers for stock lug bolts (from "RAD USA Direct," http://www.radusadirect.com/)...

Something a little different anyway...

Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:26 pm

Now THOSE really look PISSA ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Is it gonna be at Litchfield or Terryville with those sneakers on? I'd really love to check 'em out in "person."

Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:12 am

TC/TeamEvil wrote: Now THOSE really look PISSA ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Is it gonna be at Litchfield or Terryville with those sneakers on? I'd really love to check 'em out in "person."

Thanks TC--not sure about Litchfield--though for Terryville my goal is to drive the '50 Bug, since there will be a splits muster "record attempt" there.

Somewhat challenging to acquire those tires--the big internet tire place that advertises them on their web site took approximately 7 months to get them to me after I ordered them. I was even calling BFGoodrich myself to ask them to please try & expedite my tires. Must be a fairly low-selling size (though I'd think that domestic hot-rodders might use them for front tires at least)...

Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:17 pm

I finally picked up a set recently, some may recognize them, and yes they sure are yellow.

They're all 5 1/2" x 15" and date stamped 3/71. The plan was to reband a pair to 4 1/2" but I'm stil debating.

Shane

Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:19 am

karmann57 wrote: They're all 5 1/2" x 15" and date stamped 3/71. The plan was to reband a pair to 4 1/2" but I'm stil debating.

Here's one vote against messing with your beautiful matching set...