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flyinglow94 Samba Member
Joined: January 17, 2005 Posts: 1164 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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Well...we could be like thousands of people out there that have the fake brms, dsr, raders, or any other production fuchs. Some people like to be unique...and can't knock them for wanting to be different. Everyones taste in wheels are different...
I'm surprised that these weren't done back in 04 when Skim posted about wanting some.
Hey Kyle...where's the second set? What are you putting them on? Show some pictures please... |
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808-56 Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2007 Posts: 118 Location: Hawaii
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Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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flyinglow94 wrote: |
Hey Kyle...where's the second set? What are you putting them on? |
I still have the second set. I am just about finished polishing them (should be done in the next week or so?), going to put this set away for future projects. |
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Speedsterboy Samba Member
Joined: April 18, 2004 Posts: 744
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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flyinglow94 wrote: |
Well...we could be like thousands of people out there that have the fake brms, dsr, raders, or any other production fuchs. Some people like to be unique...and can't knock them for wanting to be different. Everyones taste in wheels are different...
I'm surprised that these weren't done back in 04 when Skim posted about wanting some.
Hey Kyle...where's the second set? What are you putting them on? Show some pictures please... |
Unique no, expensive yes... There are also thousands out there with the OG Fuchs.. |
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Mike Fisher Samba Member
Joined: January 30, 2006 Posts: 17963 Location: Eugene, OR
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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They'll all keep appreciating in value too! _________________ https://imgur.com/user/FisherSquareback/posts
69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold
Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey |
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50Split Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2000 Posts: 866 Location: 602
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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_________________ Quintin - IG @GFK602 |
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Skim Rants Master
Joined: April 15, 2001 Posts: 17081 Location: GFK 31 Year Vet
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:13 am Post subject: |
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flyinglow94 wrote: |
Well...we could be like thousands of people out there that have the fake brms, dsr, raders, or any other production fuchs. Some people like to be unique...and can't knock them for wanting to be different. Everyones taste in wheels are different...
I'm surprised that these weren't done back in 04 when Skim posted about wanting some.
Hey Kyle...where's the second set? What are you putting them on? Show some pictures please... |
funny thing is I had been talking about those since like 92 or 93 and everyone said it couldnt be done. then BAM. years later and I finally got a pair. _________________ 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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808-56 Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2007 Posts: 118 Location: Hawaii
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Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Skim wrote: |
funny thing is I had been talking about those since like 92 or 93 and everyone said it couldnt be done. then BAM. years later and I finally got a pair. |
Only flyinglow94 had enough balls to pull it off . Mucho respect to flyinglow94. |
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58ragman Samba Member
Joined: September 29, 2014 Posts: 404 Location: OC to ontario
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: Making a 6" fuchs into a 4.5" |
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got a set and after owning 4 sets thru time of ORIGINAL 15 x 4.5 the KING CRAB custom early 6 modified are SUPERIOR. If you think bout it the whole purpose of the early 67 fuchs was the smal width and unique star that pops out. it looks cool.Then after seen a bunch of fake knock offs of the 4.5 by flat 4 and empi it seemed like all the same now with a buch of fakes out and trying to ge the crowd to believe otherwise.Now this maybe luck but i now its not .The BS you hear was that the 4.5 were never stamped ok cool but i remember vividly that when i went to source 4.5s at a local swap meet pomona recycler craigslist i alwasy seen a part number on the back on everysingle one and i sourced the wheels sometimes in singles and again everytime cast into the 4.5 porsce part number so when people are claiming otherwise they get people to believe that 4.5 never stamps and if they did they ground them out.If thats the case then how did all my wheels end up having cast numbers BC when i sold them in 4's the first thing the buyer checked was the casting part number.So if everybody knows there are no casting marks RIGHT then why does everybody look at the back for the casting number..BC its a BS MYTH some fools try to pass off so they can sell FAKE fuchs stamp them with black FIND some THREADs claiming porsche never stamped them or cast the PN into the wheels. Then years pass and now the crowd BELIEVES.That being said once i got back into the game i was searching for the OG 4.5 and every time these fake ass fuchs come up then once i found a set with casting numbers BECAUSE THEY ARE REAL AND THERE IS SUCH A thing the seller wanted 4 grand.They were real but they seeminly looked fake since i kept seen flat 4 and empi out.
But then when the king crab popped out onto the scene the game was over.The original 4.5 was installed because of the width and looks and pop of the star but now the king crab kills the og 4.5 in looks period and thats what your trying to achieve superior looks that get the crowd gawking and the og 4.5 cant touch it.
The only reason people want the 4.5 is not the looks but because it is rare and THATS it
and if its on the car people know in order to get the og 4.5 it will cost 4-5K for 2 rims
ok cool that may be true
but the OTHER TRUTH IS THAT A KING CRAB shuts DOWn an ORIGINAL 4.5 in all respects.
Looks ,how the star pops, and when it spins.
in addition you still need to come up initially with $2000 for a set of early 6 porsche fuchs
shipping to modifier
shipping from modifier
insurance cost of wheels cost of fab and cost to replace
cost to modify
when all said and done the king crab takes the crown
only reason people claim it is funky is because they have to cut a rim that is german porsche and almost a taboo but what about when a og 4.5 bends the lips they can repair it cut the lip off and install another lip from a 4.5 og rim how come nobody is talking crap bout that it modified and repaired.
just haters knowing that the supposedly og 4.5 that is bad ass take a second place back seat period to the king crab on a volkswagen.
og 4.5 have a square lip almost like empi and flat 4 but no so much
the king crab has a radiused lip more natural looking
study the pics og versus the king crab you will see differences that will be on the plus side on a king crab
MR warehouse has the major handle and id go thru him |
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Bruce Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2003 Posts: 17273 Location: Left coast, Canada
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:06 pm Post subject: Re: Making a 6" fuchs into a 4.5" |
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58ragman wrote: |
The BS you hear was that the 4.5 were never stamped ok cool but i remember vividly that when i went to source 4.5s at a local swap meet pomona recycler craigslist i alwasy seen a part number on the back |
That story may have originated from the 911R wheel. The 911R wheel is an early 7x15, and almost all of them don't have a part number. The theory behind it is that since those wheels were only intended for the 24 cars they made, it wasn't worth the effort to make it's own die with the number. _________________
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..... a steering wheel made from a mastadon tusk..... |
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