steel wheels

[rip]

more time than $$$$

but looking at some of the nice rims out there, forged and all they rum some cash, but the cheap ones are still cast and heavy, the steel is comparable to those about 25# which is pretty bad.

may be I can find some good OEM alloys from toyota or VW for cheap, theres a used rim place down here but the guy needs years and models.

I just need to find out the sizes those came in. May be go down there with a ruler and tap measure and just start going through them.

5x100 was used on VW and toyotas right? any others with this bolt pattern?

thanks
Rip

[zen]

don't know about others. VW used them on most models. some passats are 5x112 though. to measue offset/backspace, flip the rim on its face, put a boad across it and measure from the boad down to the hub mounting surface. that is backspace. you can use it to figure out offset if needed.

[yellow73]

If you are concerned about weight, the cookie cutters that I just installed weigh 12lbs.

[Wally]

Originally Posted by rip

...but looking at some of the nice rims out there, forged and all they rum some cash,

thanks
Rip

Tell me which aftermarket alu rim is made of forged alu??? I have never came across them. Even all Porsche rims are cast alloy, except for the Fuchses of course and some RS version rims. Not even cup I or II's are forged IIRC.

An idea that I have seen only once or twice is to use the 6" spare tire rims of the Porsche models. All later ones are alloy and should be very cheap. Just collect 4 of them, throw away the space saver tire and you have an unique set of wheels. The 993 space saver rim even looks quite good (matter of opinion of course)!

greetings,
Walter