TheSamba.com :: View topic - Porsche Pedrini wheels

Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:04 pm

I've got a deal (hopefully) on a set of factory 914 porsche Pedrini's. I love the look, but do they fit?

Those are the actual wheels (yes, there's 5!).

So! How well do they fit? I know they're 15x5.5, but I don't know the offset.

EDIT:
I have an early '73 1303, just as a bit of information.

Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:06 pm

They fit just fine.

Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:06 pm

My lord that's beautiful.

Thanks Glenn!

How do you like the P6000's?

Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:11 pm

Hypnolobster wrote: My lord that's beautiful.

Thanks Glenn!

How do you like the P6000's?
I've had them for many years and they handle really well. The problem is they have poor traction and now that I have a bit more powerful engine, they break loose easily. I'll be switching to BF Goodrich G Force tires which are more of a drag radial.

For the Pedrini's the factory lug bolts are hard to find and expensive.

The correct factory caps are also expensive.

But then you already know that about Porsche parts.

Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:25 pm

They fit my 74 1303 perfectly (they tuck just right under stock fenders with 195/60 front 195/65's rears). And yes the lug nuts are EXPENSIVE!!!! I bought the wheels for $400 but the lugs were another $100 on top of it .....USED. Supposedly the new ones are even more than the $100 I spent :shock:

Glen....where did you get the center caps from? The place I got my wheels from did have them (this was a Porsche dismantler).

Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:27 pm

I hear whisperings on porsche forums about the differences between the years of the Pedrini wheels. It seems that the earlier wheels fit non-hubcentric rotors, and the later Pedrinis fit the later rotors.

Do I have anything to worry about? I want the earlier ones, right (earlier end in 00, later end in 01 it seems)?

EDIT:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=569081
Correct lugs, or should I go for OEM?

Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:35 pm

Thats a DAMN good price!!!! But, I'm wondering why they are so cheap?

There's a difference in the wheel's outer appearance (the ridge is different where it meets the outer portion of the rim). I don't know if they're is a hub-centric version of this rim....but the ones I have (they look like the ones on Glen's car) cannot be used on a stock rotor/drum with the centering ring.

Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:40 pm

There early 00 and later 01.

Both fit drums with no problems. If you have front disc and the rotors are German rotors with the centering ring, you need the 01 later wheels. The early wheels will not fit.

I got the center caps from the Porsche dealer.

Hypnolobster wrote: EDIT:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=569081
Correct lugs, or should I go for OEM?
Those technically fit, but are not correct. The Porsche ones have a19mm head and those have a 17mm head. The ball seat is close but not exact.

Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:43 pm

Thanks guys.

I saw a thread on one of the various Porsche forums and I saw someone mentioned that Porsche still sells the center caps, and I already send the nearest dealer an email asking about how to get my hands on some, provided this deal does through.

I have discs up front, but I'm unsure if they have a centering ring. I'll have someone at home check. I'm currently stuck at college. The car has knockoff Ansens right now, which look pretty good, but I like the look of these far too much.