2 liter Porsche Wheels and lugbolts

Ephry73 · Post by **Ephry73** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 7:41 am

I was wondering if I have to use the 914 lugbolts or if I could use stock ones when running these wheels in my Ghia.

Thanks.

Ephry

Cohibra45 · Post by **Cohibra45** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:42 pm

Ephry,

You will have to use the Porsche lug bolts. I know, I have a set of 2.0 Fuchs and their bolts are longer. I guess I could go to the garage and pull one to show you. If you don't have these already, I got mine from Alex Mangro out of Tampa. He has several sets of wheels on the Samba. Just do a search for Porsche, in the wheels/tires section of classified, narrow down the field by searching only in Florida. Alex is a good person and will help. BTW, I really like my Fuchs. I am currently running 195/60/15 Goodyear Tripletread tires and they really make a difference. Since all Ghia bodies were hand made and fitted, you will have to check clearance. The passengers side rear has plenty of clearance (1-1 1/8") while the drivers side rear is only around 1/4-1/2". Go figure

BTW he also has center caps that will fit over the VW axles (they stick out further 1/8").

Good luck,

Kelly (Cohibra) 1970 Ghia vert

Ephry73 · Post by **Ephry73** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:08 pm

Thanks for the tip Kelly. Yeah, looks like with the stock rims and the 165 I have about 1.75" to play with. I really like the look of the 2 liter Fuchs, plus they are lighter than the stockers I have.

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Cohibra45 · Post by **Cohibra45** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:20 am

Ephry,

Check out Alex's website via the samba.com. Here it is:

http://community.webshots.com/user/bigfishon1 Or try this:

http://www.magrowheels.com/ Both are from Alex.

I think you will like what you see. He has a few 2.0 Fuchs pictures on a Ghia.

Kelly

Ephry73 · Post by **Ephry73** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:23 am

Thanks Cohibra.

I decided to go with a set of Mahle 914 Pedrini looking wheels or Baby Gas Burners. For the money and what I get, not a bad deal.

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freekazoid · Post by **freekazoid** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:00 am

I never really gave the 2.0 Fuchs a good look. But they might be just what I'm looking for. Has anybody seen any that have been powdercoated or painted?

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 6:30 am

Porsche 914 compared to stock VW.

Ephry73 · Post by **Ephry73** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:20 pm

Thanks Glenn. I just purchased a set of Mahle 914 wheels that come with the stock logbolts. I wonder how thick a spacer I will need for those. Cannot wait to get them to see the fit. Same thread pattern on both I notice.

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