Wide 5 Wheels - Correct Silver Color

CP1 should be Cip1.

Grant

         They should be a light silver

Thanks Max.  Beautiful Speedster.  Now I just gotta figure out where to buy them in that color.

I've been trying to get a set from Kirk since before Christmas.  He tells me that he's going to get them in always a couple of weeks.  Then I call and he says he hasn't gotten any.  I just spoke with him yesterday about it.  I am going to try JPS since they are close by.

They are very hard to get right now.  Most companies are on back order.  To get the right silver finish we send them to be powder-coated and they look fantastic.  The problem is getting any from the suppliers right now.  

GTman: for paint suggestions...

http://porsche356registry.org/...l-paint-choices.html

GTMan,

I own the tooling for the wheels sold by Kirk and by SMC, and I supply them both (I don't supply CCW and don't know who they deal with).  It is the former Mangels tools modified to have a more authentic window shape and we changed the offset of the 4.5" wheel to better fit the spyder (the 5.5" offsets stayed the same). 

There is no problem getting the wheels and we have 1000's (literally) in stock.

The lateral and radial run out is MUCH better than any Chinese wheel I have seen/used/thrown away.  The only thing I plan to change is that they copied the Rudge part number system and it is on the lip of the wheel, just as the Rudges were.  Most people don't notice it until it is pointed out, and even then they don't care, but I do plan to move it on the next run.  The powdercoat IS a touch darker than some of the original 356A wheels I've seen, but it is a dead match to the 912 steelies I have here, so I am more than happy with them.  To be honest I am just so very happy I don't have to deal with China-crap wheels anymore...

I have Carey's wide 5's on my speedster and absolutely love them. They are great quality and always get a comment when out on the road.

Joey, those do look great. They are one of my favorite things about your car. I'm wondering how a similar set would look on my silver speedster. Right now I am running chrome wide 5's with moons. I'm thinking drum skins, silver wheels, drop the thing about 1 to 2 inches, slap on the driving lights and maybe invest in a Lietz rack for the back. All I need is time and money.

What tires are you running?

See you in the spring.

Thanks Bob, it was the first thing that sold me on my car. I totally get the time and money (madness) of these cars it truly is a sickness. Carey has my car and he is installing driving lights and painting back half to match body color, ala Marty's car.

Tires are Kumho, don't know size but thinking of lowering another inch.

I am in the same boat when it comes to what sold me on the car.  I love the way they look and keeps the car speedster looking but a little tougher I think...

That is great Carey! You're doing the same thing with the gauges; very valuable contribution in keeping the quality up on parts for these cars.

Can someone elaborate on Carey and his gauges?  

Somewhere on this site, Carey at Special Edition mentioned that he and Henry Reisner (at Intermecannica) are working a deal together on some genuine VDO-innards reproduction 356 gauges to get them (and us) away from the very poor quality Chinese reproductions.  The deal is not yet final, but I'm sure we'll all hear about it when it's a go.