Does anyone have pictures of a speedster with 17' fuchs on it ?

Just can't wait to see mine with the on it and hoping to see someone else's will hold me over for a couple of weeks...... :)

I've never had a 17" fuch before, or even seen one.

How 'bout 16's?

I'll post some pictures of mine soon.

Thanks for the 16's.....

Kevin.
Are these the new Empi 17 X 7 wheels? If so, I went and looked at them at Vee Dub in Huntington Beach last weekend. The polished chrome version are very nice and a set of them will cost you $750 from Vee Dub. The black and polished version are way cheaper and looked like crap. They are not actually polished at all and Empi calls it a "satin finish." Really cheap and tacky looking. I almost ordered a set, because I assumed they were black and polished like a real Fuchs wheel and it looked like it in the web site photo, but I decided to hold off and I'm glad I did.

Polished http://www.vwparts.net/mb9738.html (Ask for the $750 deal)

Black and Silver http://www.vwparts.net/MB9739.html

These are the chromed Empi ones. They are 10 X nicer then the black and silver, and at least 5 x nicer then I expected when I opened the box......

I'm getting everything together to start installing the Mendeola A-arm front end and then shortly after the full rear end on my speedster.... I'll be posting photos here of the install....

oh man - i wish i was closer so i could come over to drink beer and play cars.

sounds like a fun build Kevin - looking forward to the pictures

i've loved those 17's since they came out. they are the perfect per portions and i think they'd look sharp on one of our plastic tubs

i was at a show this past summer and couldn't figure out why i loved a set of beetles so much till i looked at all the photos afterwards. they are all killer stances on 17" fuchs.

I found these on a real coupe.... What do you guys think?

It's just wrong, next will be a 1000 watt boom box option.

personally - i think it's totally bad-ass

totally not(but im an old fart)

I think they are awesome. Beats my 15 inchers but with IRS I can't get any wider than 5" and all 16" and up start at 6"

Any idea what the weight and offset is (17x7)?

If I got another Coupe, it would totally look like that! In-your-face slammed Outlaw (on bags like mangosmoothie's).

For a few seconds there, I thought that Pearl was sitting really high off the ground.

Then I realized that I can travel over "normal" speed bumps without hitting anything.

Makes me feel a lot better.

Still.........That's one bad-ass looking coupe!

The tires on that coupe are just too low profile. They need to be about 3 or 4 inches. Also, I'm not sure those are actually the Empi 17" wheels.
The car is too slammed for me and I would think it is almost undriveable like that.
I like a lowered car, but not if it's just for looks while it's standing still.

I know it is way too slammed. I will not be that low, however I posted the pictures because it has 17's. I'll be installing 17x7's all the way around with a Mendeola coil over IRS rear suspension that narrows the rear track by 1 1/8 inch perside without any mods to the torsion housing. The front is going to be the Mendeola A-arm kit installed without taking the body off.

So this car is going to ride way nicer then a VW or any porsche, and I will allow anyone who might want to test drive to do so....

Running 17's and assume that you'll have to shod a short side wall height tire (so it will fit) how can it ride "better" ?

If you get a chance you'll have to drive my car once it is done. THe Mendeola suspension uses coil over Fox racing shocks at all four corners. With these we can control spring rate and shock valving getting the correct package together is the key. I would not want to go bouncing down the road with these wheels on a VW suspension...

By 'ride better' I'm guessing he means being able to pull 1.0G in the turns (is that the correct term?).

Jims right they will give you a harder bumpy ride. No side wall to obsorb road defects

I think 16s are pushing the safty limit on small light car but if its a trailer queen Knock your socks off..

Ok, guys... Yes it will be able to pull a G but it will also ride smoother due to the far batter suspension. With the valving and springs we are using, the low profile tires will not effect the ride. You guys are just going to have to drive it first hand and feel what I'm talking about.....

I could not get the pictures to load up on here so here is a link to the samba....
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/867945.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/867946.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/867947.jpg

They do look purdy...

JA!

Dam, I can not wait to get my 17's on...

Cool video

http://vimeo.com/29415949

Kevin i love that look. Very bad ass. I am more of a traditional speedster guy but only cause i am on my first and just want to enjoy what i bought. But again... Looks friggin suweet

There are 17" Fuchs - kind of. They start out as 16" x 6" (I think) and the center is cut out then put onto a 17" outer - think 3 pce wheel. One maker welds them, one bolts them which is a surprisingly pleasant look. Jeff Alton makes them, someone in Canada makes them. There are also some pressure cast knock-offs that are supposed to be very high quality - Rota? - that are 17". Those starting coming out in the last 2 years or so. Definately cheaper than the ones that are made, but they are cast. They are only a little bit heavier than the forged ones.

Fuchs of any size look good on a speedster. Light strong and sexy - what more do you need?

angela

Angela,

How do you like your men? ;)

Kevin, I met Angela and her husband Steve, I doubt you could handle either one of them.

Oooppppssss!

That was not what I meant..... :() I would never mess with another mans wife..... I just was making a play on words..... I know that she is married and has a great guy, so she tells me....

. . . and nobody (where's Vince when you need him??) was going to pick up on the " 17" fuch "? Not even angela could . . . uh, nevermind.

Fuch is one of those words I am careful to never say after drinking alcohol - LOL!


angela

Gahhh... FUCHS not FUCH. DOH!

Apparently I can't say it drunk and can't spell it sober.

angela

Started tearing everything down today.....
Beam off
master cylinder out
gas tank out.....

Tomarrow the bulk heads go in place..... :)

Don'cha just LOVE winter time?

Well Gordon, left us have a look at our (somewhat) local webcam; located at Mt. Wilson, in the San Gabriel mountains approx. north of the Rose Bowl...
http://obs.astro.ucla.edu/towercam.htm

Yup, looks like ummm....winter. Yeah, that's it....

I have a hunch that a SoCal SOC cruise is coming up soon...

Kevin, I may have missed this somewhere in your previous posts, but are you installing one of your front suspension kits without taking the body off the pan?
Ron

I'm gona cruise out to the Pomona swapmeet this Sun......