Nice german 412 Variant

Wally · Post by **Wally** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:33 am

Pic taken by Dirk (belgium) at Hannover 1. May 2005 Meeting.

http://www.flat4free.be/mxBB/index.php? ... ic_id=2181

raygreenwood · Post by **raygreenwood** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:03 am

Those wheels are excellent! What are they? Nice ride! Thanks for the picture. Ray

hometownwesty · Post by **hometownwesty** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:42 am

I believe they are ATS Classic wheels:

http://www.ats-wheels.com/

raygreenwood · Post by **raygreenwood** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:53 pm

Danke! Iwonder how hard they are to get over here? I left an e-mail on their dealer request list. Ray

daz max · Post by **daz max** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:00 pm

That is sweet

Wish the paintwork was as good on mine

ubercrap · Post by **ubercrap** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:14 am

raygreenwood wrote:Danke! Iwonder how hard they are to get over here? I left an e-mail on their dealer request list. Ray

I've seen a few used sets for sale in the U.S., though they seem to be fairly rare. They used to be on ebay.de quite frequently, also, in also sorts of cool sizes.

farmer · Post by **farmer** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:21 am

raygreenwood wrote:Those wheels are excellent! What are they? Nice ride! Thanks for the picture. Ray

Ray. If you come up emptyhanded, drop me a line. I´ll help you out if you want a set.
Torben

raygreenwood · Post by **raygreenwood** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:12 am

Very cool. It will probably be close to christmas when I am wheel shopping....but those would be perfect on my 412! Ray

Ram · Post by **Ram** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:50 am

wow that is one sweet 412!!

I want a ATS set like that , how much they go for used?

hometownwesty · Post by **hometownwesty** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:38 pm

There was a set offered for 500€ over here the other day:
http://bugnet.de/markt/marktbild.pl?29540

Ray, I PMed this to you, but obviously you never got it.
Don't know how I messed that up, but the message never left my "Out box" and entered my "Sent box".

Wally · Post by **Wally** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:05 pm

The 9J's in that set would however pose a real challange of getting it in the fenders of a type 4, also because of the low-ET value of those

Nice looking set tho.

hometownwesty · Post by **hometownwesty** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:31 pm

Well, I'm not into that.
Sorry.
I just posted it here as a price reference.

BTW:
Didn't those wheels come on the 914, too?
So in that case there should be some in the US as well, right?

raygreenwood · Post by **raygreenwood** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:39 am

Thank you for the info. Those are sweet looking. The 5.5 x15's may fit if the offset is not to strange. That would work great with a 205-60-/15 or a 205-55/15. 500 Euros is a hair pricey with shipping and customs....but then again if they look right and are made well.....Ray

Wally · Post by **Wally** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:37 pm

They pop up over here (Netherlands) from time to time also. I'll keep en eye open if your that keen on them.
500 euro is quite steep IMHO, but probably has to do with the huge width of those; 300 would be more market price and 5,5J en to some extend 7J are the most common sold sizes

raygreenwood · Post by **raygreenwood** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:53 pm

Thanks for pointing that out Wally! I had not noticed that they were 9j's. I was just doing Euro to $ conversion and.....

....$638!!! And that is without shipping.
Of course, there are wheels that are common in the aftermarket like the Riviera and the 8 spoke EMPI...that tend to run $99-110 each. Thats not a bad average price.....but....I have also found that those wheels I just mentioned are actually quite soft in their cast material. They are much like the original wheels VW put on my 90 model cabriolet.
I went through 2 complete sets...and they bend and get warped just by looking at them sideways. I then put on a set of original GTI alloys.....20+ years old no less...and they are straight and true and much tougher.
I would pay more....for a wheel that is quality. Of course forged is best....but finding a forged wheel of the correct size and usable styling for a 412.....could be quite a bit more unless the junk yard has what you need. I will have to see what a properly sized version of thsoe wheels might be.
Ray