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Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:48 pm

Can’t make up your mind?
Here’s a montage of rims as seen on Barndoor Deluxes before…

What are you going for on your ride?
Which is your favourite rim on a BD?
Got any other pics? Better pics?
Pics of top rims on other models of BD?
Pics of BD rims not to go for?
What rim would you like to see on a BD?

For me its got to be Stock (on a stock height bus), or Old School…& its difficult to beat Sprints or early Fuchs

Stock CB 16s (with trim rings)

Classic

Stock CB 16s (with whitewalls, no rings)

Deep dish (banded) Stock CB 16s (with rings)

BRMs

Top rim. Needs dropping

SA Sprints

Bolt right on. This lad clearly thinks they're the one

Sprint Stars (5 stud, chromed)

A favourite of mine

Radars

Raders (polished)

I prefer Raders to Radars. Gotta be detailed tho'

DSRs

seem to be love/hate. I like em

Empi 8s

don’t be a schmuck

Porsche 356 Chromies (15s?)

No

Porsche Fuchs, detailed (early)

oh yeah

Porsche Fuchs, polished (late)

Porsche 2litres (detailed)

Porsche 2litres (polished)

Torque Thrust Ds
with Porsche 5x130 bolt pattern

ET Gassers
cast centers spokes with rolled ali rims. watch that offset

Not seen?
Porshe Pedrinis
Porsche Gas Burners
Porsche 356 16s (vented)
Porsche Phone Dials
Porsche JPs
Rudges
Empi 5s
Ansens
BRMs (on a properly dropped/tucked DLX)
Cosmics
Centrelines
Speedmasters
Other?

special thanks to RJ for contributing a quarter of the rim choices;)

Edit: Paul Rui's Porsche 356 16s

Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:07 pm

Cool thread! Curious to see any other choices.

I think the stance determines the choice of wheels to be used...

Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:12 pm

I think as long as you go wide five or porshe.. it's hard to go wrong.. Most all those pics looked good.. I hope to be able to post a pic of RDW's later this next week.. Mark isn't that your old bus with the radars. That was the first bus I ever seen with those wheels.. Loved it..

Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:01 pm

KCW wrote: Mark isn't that your old bus with the radars. That was the first bus I ever seen with those wheels.. Loved it..

The bus pictures with the Raders was Mark Rafferty's bus, not Mark Pribanic's.....although they are both from the same coast. It's also the one pictured with the Empi 8's, but that was pre-resto. I agree, Mark Raff's BD lux on Raders kicked ass......almost converted me over to the custom side.

Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:04 pm

Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:53 pm

RockStock wrote:
Porsche Fuchs, detailed (early)

oh yeah

That's the look.

Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:13 am

RockStock wrote:

Not seen?
Porshe Pedrinis
Porsche Gas Burners
Porsche 356 16s (vented)
Porsche Phone Dials
Empi 5s
Slots
BRMs (on a properly dropped/tucked DLX)
Cosmics
Speedmasters
Other?

Porsche 356 16s (vented) for me not that i have a DLX :(

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=319950

Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:52 am

I like my polished earlies myself, but Gasburners would look good too.

Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:58 am

lonotch wrote: RockStock wrote:
Porsche Fuchs, detailed (early)

oh yeah

That's the look.

X2

Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:19 am

Chrome earlies. the holy grails all the way.

Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:41 pm

Here's another of Rafferty's. Looks like he is unsure to go with BRM's or Radars/Raders.

Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:25 pm

Anyone who puts some damn Four lug wheels on a barndoor needs to have that shit confiscated

lonotch wrote: RockStock wrote:
Porsche Fuchs, detailed (early)

oh yeah

That's the look.

THAT bitch is perfect :shock:

Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:01 pm

Slowlow wrote: Anyone who puts some damn Four lug wheels on a barndoor needs to have that shit confiscated

lonotch wrote: RockStock wrote:
Porsche Fuchs, detailed (early)

oh yeah

That's the look.

THAT bitch is perfect :shock:

X2....Suicide doors and all!!!!

Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:42 am

Skim wrote: Chrome earlies. the holy grails all the way.

There is more to life than a set of fuchs....... don't get me wrong, they're super phat wheels, but there are other wheels out there that kick ass...

Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:12 am

Scotty wrote: Skim wrote: Chrome earlies. the holy grails all the way.

There is more to life than a set of fuchs....... don't get me wrong, they're super phat wheels, but there are other wheels out there that kick ass...

Yeah right 8)

Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:37 am

I'm diggin' the SA Sprints. Those wacky spindle mount/spoke things are pretty wild...

Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:19 am

RagsnBags65 wrote: Slowlow wrote:

THAT bitch is perfect :shock:

X2....Suicide doors and all!!!!

:oops:

DAMN! :shock:

Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:20 am

Scotty wrote: Skim wrote: Chrome earlies. the holy grails all the way.

There is more to life than a set of fuchs....... don't get me wrong, they're super phat wheels, but there are other wheels out there that kick ass...

Not when you're from the Folks. Were the hardline extremists of Fuchs.

Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:46 am

speaking of rims.. Had an off the wall thought yesterday.

How come all VW wheels are talked about and marked in inches instead of mm's or some metric measurement? The tires are usually talked about in mm's?? 165's?? Was the USA the only place tires were made?? Just a thought.. Are they reffered to in metric oversea's?? Do they roll 20's over there or soem huge number of centimeters?

Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:08 am

I'm personally waiting for someone to step waaaaay up and put a full set of Rudge knock offs on their ride (16" in the case of a BD) :wink: