steel wheels

[rip]

anyone ever think about just using new steel rims?

I was thinking about using the VW 1.8T golf brake on the front of my bug, and was just thinking why stop there.

Well really finding a style of rim that I like, plus can afford, then finding a place that sells them where I can talk to a rep in wheel terms is getting tired some. A lot of the reps I talked to want a year make a model, which is to be expected but when your looking at custom stuff your really just left with measurements not years and models.

Either way I figured I could just get the stock OEM rims off of the golf and use them, or a passat or somthing. They should be pretty light and have the right size that I need. Not to mention pretty cheap. And no one will want to try and steal them.

either way wanted to see if anyone else had though about this before

thanks
Rip

[zen]

Originally Posted by rip

And no one will want to try and steal them.

thanks
Rip

true. one of the only advantages i can think of. weigh one. i think you will find they are not all that light. just depends what you are comparing it to though. if you are going to run hubs from a water VW, there are plenty of alloys available. you just have to wade through the measurements and people to find what you need. trust me...custom cars take massive time and money. how much do you have of each?

[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