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RockStock Samba Member
Joined: November 26, 2004 Posts: 3921 Location: England
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject: Wrestling With Rims For Your BD? |
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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
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mpribanic Samba Member
Joined: October 25, 2004 Posts: 3177 Location: Neptune Beach, Florida
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject: |
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Cool thread! Curious to see any other choices.
I think the stance determines the choice of wheels to be used... _________________ Call your Cunado's:
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KCW Samba Member
Joined: August 23, 2000 Posts: 209 Location: Grand Junction, CO
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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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.. _________________ "Building the shit out of vw's" Lifer. |
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campingbox Samba Member
Joined: November 14, 2000 Posts: 10192 Location: Petaluma, CA
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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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. |
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UZI Platinum FUBU
Joined: February 08, 2002 Posts: 13335 Location: phila-DELFT-ia
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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lonotch Samba Padrino
Joined: August 28, 2004 Posts: 3304 Location: So. Cal. Oceanside GFK!
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:53 pm Post subject: Re: Wrestling With Rims For Your BD DLX? |
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RockStock wrote: |
Porsche Fuchs, detailed (early)
oh yeah
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That's the look. _________________ It's not about the window, it's about the people.
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49barndoor Samba Member
Joined: September 11, 2004 Posts: 525 Location: Scotland.
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:13 am Post subject: Re: Wrestling With Rims For Your BD DLX? |
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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?
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Porsche 356 16s (vented) for me not that i have a DLX
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=319950 |
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jasonvw Samba Member
Joined: June 22, 2005 Posts: 773 Location: so cal since 87
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Rich's 50 Samba Member
Joined: February 18, 2004 Posts: 10781 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:58 am Post subject: Re: Wrestling With Rims For Your BD DLX? |
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lonotch wrote: |
RockStock wrote: |
Porsche Fuchs, detailed (early)
oh yeah
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That's the look. |
X2 |
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Skim Rants Master
Joined: April 15, 2001 Posts: 17081 Location: GFK 31 Year Vet
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:19 am Post subject: |
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Chrome earlies. the holy grails all the way. _________________ GFK
Samba since before the towers collapsed. Still here.
1953 Kabriolet
1954 Sunroof
1959 Lowlight Ghia vert
1960 Lt Grey Double Cab SMZ LEGIT
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mpribanic Samba Member
Joined: October 25, 2004 Posts: 3177 Location: Neptune Beach, Florida
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Here's another of Rafferty's. Looks like he is unsure to go with BRM's or Radars/Raders.
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Slowlow Samba Member
Joined: March 17, 2004 Posts: 4121 Location: Northeast Tennessee
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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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
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That's the look. |
THAT bitch is perfect _________________ • Metal Fab & Quality Suspensions, Type I-II-III. Since 2004 • |
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RagsnBags65 Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2005 Posts: 162 Location: the deep south
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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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
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That's the look. |
THAT bitch is perfect |
X2....Suicide doors and all!!!! |
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Scotty Samba Member
Joined: July 02, 2003 Posts: 1525 Location: Northampton - Uk
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:42 am Post subject: |
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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... _________________
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I'd be curious to know the length of his tip.
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Rich's 50 Samba Member
Joined: February 18, 2004 Posts: 10781 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:12 am Post subject: |
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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 |
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glandnut 40 horses of Fury
Joined: February 26, 2003 Posts: 1432 Location: J-ville, FL
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:37 am Post subject: |
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I'm diggin' the SA Sprints. Those wacky spindle mount/spoke things are pretty wild... _________________ Looking for aluminum single port Kadron manifolds. |
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Slowlow Samba Member
Joined: March 17, 2004 Posts: 4121 Location: Northeast Tennessee
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:19 am Post subject: |
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RagsnBags65 wrote: |
Slowlow wrote: |
THAT bitch is perfect |
X2....Suicide doors and all!!!! |
DAMN! _________________ • Metal Fab & Quality Suspensions, Type I-II-III. Since 2004 • |
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Skim Rants Master
Joined: April 15, 2001 Posts: 17081 Location: GFK 31 Year Vet
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:20 am Post subject: |
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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. _________________ GFK
Samba since before the towers collapsed. Still here.
1953 Kabriolet
1954 Sunroof
1959 Lowlight Ghia vert
1960 Lt Grey Double Cab SMZ LEGIT
1963 Deluxe Turkis Walk Thru 15 Window OG Paint |
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KCW Samba Member
Joined: August 23, 2000 Posts: 209 Location: Grand Junction, CO
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:46 am Post subject: |
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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? _________________ "Building the shit out of vw's" Lifer. |
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spookymulder Samba Proletariat
Joined: January 02, 2004 Posts: 3298 Location: I'm either at 95608, 97537 or 94708 only my CPA knows for sure
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:08 am Post subject: |
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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) |
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