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Envious
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I'm putting together a set of wheels for my 356 build. Decided on a lightened set of 951 spares. Drilled out two extra rows of holes, welded over the valve stem holes and relocated them to the inside of the rim. New weight is 8lb 14ozs each. Engine turned the centers and polished the rim. Medium grey powder coat finish with the cut edges polished.
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H2OSB
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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Wow, that's pretty damn light. I'd just be happy to have a set of those undrilled. Hell, I'd take a set of the other alloy Porsche space saver spares (15x5.5 ET30). Lanner Khan has a set of those drilled the same way. I'm incredibly jealous.
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Envious
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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Wow, that's pretty damn light. I'd just be happy to have a set of those undrilled. Hell, I'd take a set of the other alloy Porsche space saver spares (15x5.5 ET30). Lanner Khan has a set of those drilled the same way. I'm incredibly jealous.
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Lanner has a set of 951’s but he hasn’t drilled out the extra rows of holes. They have one row from the factory.
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:18 pm Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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Awesome attention to detail.
Gonna be a sweet ride when done.
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flat4olsen
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:11 am Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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Damn, those rims are nice!
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ALB
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 11:27 am Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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Very cool! What did 1 of the rims weigh before you started? Any pics of your 356 replica?
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Envious
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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| Very cool! What did 1 of the rims weigh before you started? Any pics of your 356 replica? |
Rims started at just over 10 lbs. Porsche is not a replica. 1964 356c.
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Glenn
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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| ALB wrote: |
| Very cool! What did 1 of the rims weigh before you started? Any pics of your 356 replica? |
Rims started at just over 10 lbs. Porsche is not a replica. 1964 356c. |
Dave don't do replica.... 
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H2OSB
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:18 pm Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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Wow, that's pretty damn light. I'd just be happy to have a set of those undrilled. Hell, I'd take a set of the other alloy Porsche space saver spares (15x5.5 ET30). Lanner Khan has a set of those drilled the same way. I'm incredibly jealous.
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Lanner has a set of 951’s but he hasn’t drilled out the extra rows of holes. They have one row from the factory. |
Oh, maybe he was just showing a pic wheels that were drilled. Wish I had a ret |
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Envious
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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Wow, that's pretty damn light. I'd just be happy to have a set of those undrilled. Hell, I'd take a set of the other alloy Porsche space saver spares (15x5.5 ET30). Lanner Khan has a set of those drilled the same way. I'm incredibly jealous.
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Lanner has a set of 951’s but he hasn’t drilled out the extra rows of holes. They have one row from the factory. |
Oh, maybe he was just showing a pic wheels that were drilled. Wish I had a ret |
Likely. We're set up to cut another set if you're serious. Lanner has 4 rims for sale. We would do the machining here in Ontario.
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ALB
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| Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:41 pm Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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| Very cool! What did 1 of the rims weigh before you started? Any pics of your 356 replica? |
Rims started at just over 10 lbs. Porsche is not a replica. 1964 356c.
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My apologies! For some reason I thought you had a replica (guess I should have re-read your first post). Nice looking car, btw. Al
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Envious
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 4:44 am Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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| Envious wrote: |
| ALB wrote: |
| Very cool! What did 1 of the rims weigh before you started? Any pics of your 356 replica? |
Rims started at just over 10 lbs. Porsche is not a replica. 1964 356c.
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My apologies! For some reason I thought you had a replica (guess I should have re-read your first post). Nice looking car, btw. Al |
No need to apologize. There are some beautiful replicas on the road. I’d love to build a track car from a kit. You can put a lot more VW power under the hood for a fraction of the price.
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Glenn
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:04 am Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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| I’d love to build a track car from a kit. You can put a lot more VW power under the hood for a fraction of the price. |
550 Spyder?
Dave, have you seen the "Polo" engine?
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Envious
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 6:18 am Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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| Glenn wrote: |
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| I’d love to build a track car from a kit. You can put a lot more VW power under the hood for a fraction of the price. |
550 Spyder?
Dave, have you seen the "Polo" engine?
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Very cool! I visited Rod Emory while I was in LA and he had some there. Roughly twice the price of a stout stroker on a VW platform. I always thought it would be fun to build a fibreglass replica 356 coupe with 200+ hp VW power plant. Super fun, lightweight car, on a friendly budget.
A friend of mine drives a Beck spyder. Replica or not, damn nice car. Weighs almost nothing and scoots on a modest VW lump.
If only I had a bigger garage and even bigger bank account 
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Glenn
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:48 am Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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| I always thought it would be fun to build a fibreglass replica 356 coupe with 200+ hp VW power plant. Super fun, lightweight car, on a friendly budget. |
WRX... cheaper and faster.
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Envious
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:51 am Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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| I always thought it would be fun to build a fibreglass replica 356 coupe with 200+ hp VW power plant. Super fun, lightweight car, on a friendly budget. |
WRX... cheaper and faster. |
Totally!! Good call.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Custom 951 Spares |
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A friend of mine Russ is rolling the same idea :
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