Whitecloud's new shoes

Ooohhh, very nice Will! Any reason you went with the narrower wheels? fit?

Love those wheels, Will! 

Al, the 165/15's fit just fine on a 4.5 rim and since that was (one of) the stock Porsche size rims and since they'd be lighter than the 5.5's, it just made sense to go that way.

I have to add that I'm very impressed with the quality of the Vintage 190's. The guys didn't even need weights on the wheels/tires, they were that balanced.

The castings are impeccable. I chose the polished for the vintage/stock look and the hubcap clips held on the rims with stainless panhead/allen bolts into perfectly threaded holes, cad-plated round-nose lug nuts, lug bolts that easily installed using the supplied allen wrench, these wheels are as nice (and light) as Technomagnesio except I can purchase a set of 4 190's for the price of one Techno.

Whitecloud told me she feels like the prom queen wearing these shoes.

Looks great!

Vintage 190s are the bomb.  If I do another spyder it will ride on 190s.  Beautiful. 

Will,

Very nice! The new Vintage 190s are like giving the Speedster an added dose of testosterone!  Frankly, I think they are better looking than the ones that were fitted to the original RS60's.

cp

Nice detail, Will! Looks great.

Looks great, Will!!

Will, very nice look. What do you have on the back- drum breaks and on the front disk?

Which tire is that?

Can you get us a closer shot maybe 3/4 view?

Michael B (aka bluespeedster SoCal) posted:

Will, very nice look. What do you have on the back- drum brakes and on the front disk?

I could be wrong, but they look like type 1 drums on the back, Michael.

And Will- to solve your dilemna, pop the hubcaps off when you're out by yourself and put them back on when the wife is in the car.

Will Hesch posted:

 

...the girl who was always smoking in the bathroom (I like)

...the girl you took to the prom (Kathy likes)

Easy fix, Will.

Mount the moons on just the passenger side.

Easy fix, Will.

Mount the moons on just the passenger side.

Now that's thinking, Mitch!

Michael, drums rear, discs front

Carlos, cheapo Nankangs which came from VS

Al, just purchased a hubcap removal tool

Mitch, if I did that, Whitecloud would always veer right, the hubcaps weigh 10 lbs each

Will;

Escuzme if you would.  I know nothing about wheels, hub caps or tires. The hub caps /  moon caps, weight 10 lbs. each? If that's the case, no 5 wides for me, besides the $$$$$

What am I not understanding?

Art. just kidding, they weigh 14 ounces, just under a pound.

Al would never run hubcaps for that reason, too much extra weight.

Wew, thought I lost my marbles. Last  time ALB ran his car,  gas was  $1.00 per litre.

Now you guys are just picking on me.  Fortunately, Will, hubcaps aren't optional on Porsche alloys!  And Art, last time I had a VW based car on the road gas was less than $1.00. I'm workin' on it, though...

Cool Beans Will...

Pete

Will,

Sweet. 

Looks great Will. But I'm partial to moons as well. When I got my car, I was capless. The moons were the very first thing I purchased for my car. 

SF-Speedster posted:

Looks great Will. But I'm partial to moons as well. When I got my car, I was capless. The moons were the very first thing I purchased for my car. 

Where did you buy them? I'm having the hardest time finding suitable moons. I've bought 6 ill fitting ones so far.

@Ryan (formerly) in NorCal I took Troy's recommendation:

SoCal Imports. $13.49 each with free shipping.

http://www.socalautoparts.com/...d-style-logo-p-15455

They were a very snug fit going on. 

SF-Speedster posted:

Looks great Will. But I'm partial to moons as well. When I got my car, I was capless. The moons were the very first thing I purchased for my car. 

LOVE MOONS....I need to sell off my FUCHS and get some MOONS. Will not rest until......

Ryan, the moons came from Vintage Motorcars www.vintagespyders.com the inventors of the Vintage 190's, they were $16 each. Call Greg at 714-894-1550  

So that's what you were doing yesterday, Will!  We missed you and Kathy but still found a way to have a great time.

They look great Will!  Leave the caps at home.  I put a set of 190s in silver on last year and really like them. I see from your avatar you play guitar. I started trying to play last year and I have progressed from horrible to terrible.  I just seems impossible at times and I have a lot of respect for those who can actually make music with one of the damn things. After 7 months I just seem to be at a standstill but haven't given up yet. Congrats to you.

Terry, sorry I missed you guys, would've been fun. I had the wheels on in time but Kathy wasn't feeling up to going anywhere so I stayed home with her.

Frank, I've been playing for 50 years but plateau'd about 49 years ago. I do lead worship at our church and have played in a few bands down through the years. Playing an instrument is like working on these cars, the more you do it, the better you get.

What is with you guys loving the moons?

Anybody, with a modicum of good taste would immediately see that the wheel without the moons looks better.

I really like these wheels.  I wish they came in a wider range of widths.

I'll tell you: back in the early 50s, when our BELOVED DR. FERDINAND decided to flip his bathtub over AND put wheels on it, the BABY BOOM TESTOSTERONE crowd has fallen in love with the ageless design. FUCHS did NOT appear until the early 60s so MOONS bring back the true "milkshake at the diner 50s"........NOT FUCHS. When I see a speedster with FUCHS, its like seeing ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL on a cell phone....cant happen, never did, and wont!!!

So us "MOONIES" remain true to the historical ambiance and charm of the good Dr.F and ALL THAT IT IMPLIES......just sayin

Ron O posted:

What is with you guys loving the moons?

Anybody, with a modicum of good taste would immediately see that the wheel without the moons looks better.

I really like these wheels.  I wish they came in a wider range of widths.

 

 

By the way, those wheels are available in WIDER WIDTHS or can be made WIDER by a number of wheel techs: CODDINGTON, amongst others....anything that can be paid for, can be made available....

Some of the guys in my local 356 club have original 356's with Moonies on the wheels.  

Cute little things for sure.  

Especially when I blow their doors WAY off with Pearl in her set of Fuchs.

Don't mess with a Speedstah with Fuchs.

I'm jus' sayin'...........

I will be ready with my IM6 and MOONIES to make haste and waste of PEARL and her FUCHS

My 1915cc with 8 slot steel tank wheels with nipple caps will beat an original 356 all day long and it's stock. But I digress, rims are a personal choice just like steering wheels, interior colors, exterior colors, and so on and so forth. To each his own I say. 

Robert M posted:

My 1915cc with 8 slot steel tank wheels with nipple caps will beat an original 356 all day long and it's stock. But I digress, rims are a personal choice just like steering wheels, interior colors, exterior colors, and so on and so forth. To each his own I say. 

I'll DRINK TO THAT......

If I wanted moons, I would have kept my '57 Chevy.  Why cover up those delicious  Vintage 190's ?

A Yugo could beat an original 356 1500 normal.

I'm jus' sayin'......

very nice