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Wed May 04, 2011 2:50 pm

I don't have anything against 17s but the ones on the Deluxe don't look right.

I think it's because they have no inset. They need at least a little bit of a deep dish - "shallow dish" if that is a valid term.

Wed May 04, 2011 11:47 pm

I personally think if you're going to run 17s they need to be really tucked up inside the arches, or else it'll start taking on the roller skate look.

The drug smuggler made it work.

Thu May 05, 2011 3:01 am

A couple more shots of Graham Deans '54 at Stanford Hall.

Restored by the owner over 4 years, approx 1,200 hours put in. Won a brace of well deserved awards at the SSVC AGM at Vic Farm.

Thu May 05, 2011 6:18 am

I've not seen many buses with 17's that look right. There would need to be a hell of a lot of tubbing going on to get 17's to sit right. I don't see the point in all of that when 15's look right in the first place

Thu May 05, 2011 6:28 am

Scotty actually wrote: I've never seen any buses with 17's that look right. There would need to be a hell of a lot of tubbing going on to get 17's to sit right. I don't see the point in all of that when stock 16's look right in the first place

Spot on Scotty!

Thu May 05, 2011 8:28 am

I think 17" Fuchs look wrong however 17" raders with the thin spoke look great surprised the BD Samba above is running the cheapest crappiest MWS rims though

Thu May 05, 2011 2:59 pm

Mike1973 wrote:

maybe he wants ride stock high, but with a different look! :roll: :?

Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:41 am

Mark's SC
Compag fronts. Rears ?
Bold

Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:15 am

Oh yes very 8)

Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:54 pm

what are these rims?
again, bold original choice

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=851638
porsche pattern? 5-stud & 8-spoke fight each other, dont they?

Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:25 pm

mini lights think there magnesium :?:

Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:16 pm

not seen these before

>Replica 16" vented Porsche rims
>Replica Rudge

(don't like the polished rim^)

http://www.alloyreplicas.com/blog/

Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:49 pm

RockStock wrote: not seen these before

>Replica 16" vented Porsche rims
>Replica Rudge

(don't like the polished rim^)

http://www.alloyreplicas.com/blog/

Wow! I wonder what the price tag says on these babies...

Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:02 pm

RockStock wrote: not seen these before

>Replica 16" vented Porsche rims
>Replica Rudge

(don't like the polished rim^)

http://www.alloyreplicas.com/blog/

yeah they look better not polished, these have been my favorite wheel for a while, and they do come in different sizes too.

Very VW appropriate

Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:52 pm

RockStock wrote: not seen these before

Heres a thread. :D

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...highlight=

Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:15 pm

RockStock wrote: what are these rims?
again, bold original choice

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=851638
porsche pattern? 5-stud & 8-spoke fight each other, dont they?
LOL that's my old panel!! Too funny...

Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:48 am

I like the Porsche Fuchs or the Radars :)

Sat Nov 10, 2012 6:17 am

Hey Rockstock..... you forgot these that have been on my bus....

Chrome 4.5 Fuch

T5 steels, so wrong! :lol:

Detailed 4.5 and 5.5 Fuch

Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:43 am

RockStock wrote: not seen these before

>Replica 16" vented Porsche rims
>Replica Rudge

(don't like the polished rim^)

http://www.alloyreplicas.com/blog/

Yep, these are the best looking I have seen for a while,
Also different , fed up of seeing empi 5's, BRM, Fuch etc

Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:48 pm

rikki james wrote:
Chrome 4.5 Fuch

go for it rikki.. just let me know about the old crappy wheels u used before! ;)