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FlannelShirtGuy
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Location: Oregon
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 Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:14 am Post subject: Why doesn't anyone remake sport wheels? |
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These are my favorite wheels, why is no one making this style anymore?
If I could find new ones I would buy 8 of them right now. |
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OvalinAz
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Location: AZ
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: Why doesn't anyone remake sport wheels? |
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I would guess because there is a pretty good amount of them in existence. I see them around pretty often at swaps and such. the different offset ones are pretty cool.
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hitest
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 4:48 pm Post subject: Re: Why doesn't anyone remake sport wheels? |
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I trip over 6-7 of those every time I visit my barn. I usually land on a sprintstar.
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FlannelShirtGuy
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Location: Oregon
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| Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: Why doesn't anyone remake sport wheels? |
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| Damn.... I’d like to find a set of them! |
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Bama Dave
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| Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:27 am Post subject: Re: Why doesn't anyone remake sport wheels? |
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Took me 14 seconds to find some for sale...
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/search.php...ton=Search
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Keith
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| Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:07 pm Post subject: Re: Why doesn't anyone remake sport wheels? |
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Because they a very common wheel. I’ve thrown away a crap load of them because I couldn’t even GIVE them away.
That being said, don’t confuse the common version of that wheel to the TRUE sport wheels. True sport wheels for the sports edition big have a different offset and are wider. Those are sought after by some.
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NJ John
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| Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 12:12 pm Post subject: Re: Why doesn't anyone remake sport wheels? |
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It’s them 5.5 wheels in the two different offset that are hot. Deep all the way around. Or tucked in the front. Reproduction of them or stock slotted wheels in 6-7” with friendly offsets would be cool.
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