I have a VS Speedster with the chrome wheels. I saw these nipple caps with crest on Klasse 356 and I wondered if they would fit my wheels? The descriptions says:
I have a VS Speedster with the chrome wheels. I saw these nipple caps with crest on Klasse 356 and I wondered if they would fit my wheels? The descriptions says:
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Most likely not. Porsche always used 5 lug wheels - whether the wide 5 or smaller 5 lug pattern. Other than pre 67 wide 5 VW wheels - VW wheels are 4 lug. The mounting method mounting is different too. Many Porsche rims used riveted on hold clips vs the nubs on the 4 lug VW wheel too (early VW used the clips too). Assume you have 4 lug wheels - so you'd need caps for 4 lug wheels. Years ago you could buy TAIWAN replica caps complete with replica PORSCHE crests ($20 each) - but not for last 15 years or so (copyright issue). CIP1 sells a nipple cap with EMPI crests. You can remove the EMPI crest and replace with a replica or real PORSCHE wheel crest. EMPI means keep it waxed inside and out!
http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDe...ductCode=C13-10-1056
Search for recent thread though as some VS wheels seem to throw hub caps. This seems to be with recent wheels only. Check Annaliese's issues with them.
https://www.speedsterowners.com...9860248957799/page/1
I had following semi-nipples (from JC Whitney) on 20 year old chrome Brazilian Mangels (not Chinese ones). Still have one for spare (which of course doesn't fit in trunk). Note how early one has STUTTART on crest and later repro is blank there.
Here's picture of the back of a real 356 hub cap - it has extra outter ridge which fits in original wheel (no room for that ridge on 4 lug wheels).
Thanks for the explanation. I do have four lug wheels, they seem to have all sorts of shortcomings!
Thanks Troy! Have you bought these before, do you know how good the chrome and rust resistance is?
I wouldn't expect much quality for $30 each. I'd use good carabu wax on front and edges and POR15 or Rustoleum on the back. As I was typing my initial reply - I recalled an old SOC article on same topic - not sure what final install actually looks like but the original caps are superior to latest repros. (I still like using the 914 stainless steel cap and adding an OEM crest).
Actually, they are VERY nice! I have bought several sets of them for almost every Speedster I've sold and I have a couple of sets on the shelf. Even if they weren't decent quality, for $30 each, just replacement them every couple of years.
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