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Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:24 pm

Who's got JP Wheels,lets see them!! 8)

Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:46 am

Here´s my 5 bolt JP´s.

Mon Dec 15, 2008 6:17 am

Slotmags! 8) Very sweet,Nice ride! 8) 8) .Here's my JP Porsche rims,they will be going on my '53 Bd deluxe. :wink:

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Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:15 pm

those wide 5 slots are :shock: :shock: :shock: !!! Are they wide - I remember seeing a set before and they were 6.5 inches.

The porsche ones are pretty slick as well!

Si.

Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:48 pm

My wheels are 5.5 inches. The one to the right is bolted to a 356B drum.

Here´s a set of 4 bolt wheels I saw at Bug Run in Sweden last summer.

These two sets are the only ones I´ve seen. I know of a set of 6.5 inch wide-5 wheels in UK on a green single pick up. There is not much info on these wheels, I guess you´ve seen this already http://hem.passagen.se/tobiasax/jp.htm

I know a guy in Sweden who has a set of JP Porsche bolt pattern wheels but I have never seen a set, great looking wheels.

686 bus-boy, are you going to polish your wheels?

Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:18 am

I'm going to have the outer rim fully polished and the centre's will be bead blasted/textured ,more 'old skool' looking.I think having them all polished will not suit my bus,it will look to 'blingy'.Your right in saying there isnt much information available on them,the link you included is the only thing i found as well ! It would be good to know how many sets actually exist!!

Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:13 am

686 bus-boy wrote: I'm going to have the outer rim fully polished and the centre's will be bead blasted/textured ,more 'old skool' looking.

They look real good like that.
VW's have a limited selection on wheels. Having something the others don't really makes your ride stand out.

Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:47 am

wow, those 5.5s are just so cool, even better on the 356 drum 8) I love obscure old wide 5 wheels. JP wheels are a swedish company arent they?

Si.

Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:53 am

An extract from Tobias Linback from the limited info on them - The company JP-wheels was started by a Swede with the name of Jack Possnert. During the 60's he lived in California and got introduced to light alloy wheels. He thought custom wheels would make a great business potential also in Sweden. In 1966 he got back to Sweden and started making cast aluminum wheels at his fathers foundry called Tunaverken in Eskilstuna. They were marketed under the name JP, taken from his initials. :wink: 8) 8)

Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:36 am

686 bus-boy wrote: Slotmags! 8) Very sweet,Nice ride! 8) 8) .Here's my JP Porsche rims,they will be going on my '53 Bd deluxe. :wink:

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A friend of mine in Wales has a set of those on his 912.

Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:13 am

See if you can get him to post some pics on here,are they detailed or polished? :wink:

Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:43 am

old pictures of Peter Servais -67

Tue May 12, 2009 6:17 am

I sent just 1 rim away to see how they will look with how i wanted them,got it back yesterday,happy with the look of it so now the others are being done -

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Tue May 12, 2009 1:08 pm

686 bus-boy wrote: I sent just 1 rim away to see how they will look with how i wanted them,got it back yesterday,happy with the look of it so now the others are being done -

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WOW! :shock: Thats my new favorite rim! Very nice indeed... Is that 5 x 130 porsche?

Tue May 12, 2009 2:46 pm

Cheers fella,yes it is- 6.5" width, deep dish and i have 5.5" for the front. :wink:

Wed May 13, 2009 7:48 am

that redone rim is bad ass! What was the finish on the spoked areas?

Wed May 13, 2009 12:08 pm

Thanks, :wink: The spoked area was blasted for the texture and the etched,primed,silver sprayed and then finished with a matt lacquer,it does look just like blasted ally which was the effect i wanted but its protected now,the JP logo is done the same.

Thu May 14, 2009 12:17 pm

nice design...very beauty look

Sat May 16, 2009 12:29 pm

686 bus-boy wrote: Slotmags! 8) Very sweet,Nice ride! 8) 8) .Here's my JP Porsche rims,they will be going on my '53 Bd deluxe. :wink:

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did you get these offa resto tim :?:

Sun May 17, 2009 12:11 am

Yes , i did. :wink: