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Those would have looked very cool on my Coupe.
I like 👍. Loved my Coddington replicas I had made. 
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@Marty Grzynkowicz posted:I like 👍. Loved my Coddington replicas I had made.
Those look very similar to the 944 space saver wheels. I like that they’re similar to Technos and Dunlops. And they’re alloy. Yours look thicker than the Porsche wheels.
They are like 9 pounds. Aircraft aluminum. I bought an original 944 T spare on eBay and had it copied.
Marty, in related news: After 6 years of being forced to watch my beloved Gina languish in a storage unit, my son has finally seen the advantages of having a second running weekend car (his Audi is in the body shop so he had to car pool with the GF)
Here’s the bit I don’t get: the rear circuit brake reservoir was empty and there was a puddle under one of the rear calipers. Despite my insistence that he’s going to need to bleed the rear circuit, he filled it up and drove it and he said they're working fine now. For the life of me I can’t imagine how, but he’s a motorcycle mechanic, and he says he does it all the time???
Anyway, the good news? As usual, it started right up and is running perfectly. The only issue is that it has an intermittent starting issue when hot. Likely a starter or solenoid problem. I had to admit to him last night in hindsight, I wish I’d have had the wheels powdercoated in that bronze color instead of magnesium grey.
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That bronze color would have been awesome with the black😍
It’s Aubergine.
@dlearl476 posted:It’s Aubergine.
That color too🙂
@dlearl476, Gina is lovely. I had similar bronze wheels on my black 308 replica.
@Marty Grzynkowicz posted:They are like 9 pounds. Aircraft aluminum. I bought an original 944 T spare on eBay and had it copied.
They're light, but not THAT light.
My 16" space saver spares are about a pound and a half heavier.
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@dlearl476 posted:Those are nice, too, Stan. What model are they from?
... Dumb question: why do SSSs have two valve stems?
Thanks, David. I've loved them since I saw Emory using them on various outlaws.
They came on various early 90s 911s. I think some 964s and 993s had them. Your 968 spares were from the same era, but I didn't care for them as much. They certainly would have been easier to find. The 944 turbo spares are rare like shards of the true cross - all the 356 guys want them.
I looked for a couple of years by searching for the PN, then bought 6 of them in the red powdercoat from a guy in the Netherlands off the Pelican website. Freight for 6 rims was only $400 - I have no idea how that happened, but I wasn't complaining.
As far as the two stems - I think it was because they wanted to make it easy to air them up, regardless of the position of the wheel. It makes the whole thing a bit odd. Some guys weld them up and machine them off, but that was a bit risky (and pricey) for me. I'm going to try to use a "hidden" valve-stem setup (assuming it'll fit) I found on Amazon for one of the holes on each wheel.
I hope they work.
I'll use a regular chrome threaded valve-stem for the "main". I'm just jacked up that I'll be able to find good summer rubber for the foreseeable future. The NLA Vredesteins spoiled me for good tires. I've never done anything to the car that was so transformative.
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@Stan Galat posted:
They're light, but not THAT light.
My 16" space saver spares are about a pound and a half heavier.
Send them to @ALB, he can lighten them! 
@Stan Galat posted:I've actually seen pictures where a guy has machined a bunch of extra holes in a rim that is already scary light. I think another lb is entirely possible, but I'm not that guy.
It seems like it would be easier to just look for lighter tires.
That reminds me of a great Chinesium wheel story:
One day when I was living in Las Vegas, I was taking the belt route from work (strip) to my gym out west. They were in the middle of a big repaying project and at one point there was about a 4” bump from the ground roadway to the unground part. About 200’ past the bump there was a Mercedes G wagon sitting in the ground, all 4 wheel centers still bottled to the hubs and the 22” rims/tires scattered various points around the freeway. That must have been fun.
@Stan Galat posted:Thanks, David. I've loved them since I saw Emory using them on various outlaws.
I guess that’s why they were on BaT instead of eBay. Figures. Leave it to Rod to take something cool and turn it into a cliché 
Those 944 Turbo wheels are great looking…so are the @Marty Grzynkowicz custom wheels.
Gents, what is the best 15” tire to run on a 5.5” wide rim? I have 195/65 on mine and the rear end comes around a little (it’s yaw, not breaking loose).
Also, what tire pressure are you all running?
sorry to take this conversation off point, but the tire postings I could find are old.
@dlearl476 posted:Those are nice, too, Stan. What model are they from?
My 968 space savers look like original 924 wheels.
Dumb question: why do SSSs have two valve stems?
The two valves, one is for inflation, the other is for high pressure deflation (to collapse the sidewalls again) for refitting in the sparewheel well. Special 2way compressor came with the cars originally.
@Robert M posted:The two valves, one is for inflation, the other is for high pressure deflation (to collapse the sidewalls again) for refitting in the sparewheel well. Special 2way compressor came with the cars originally.
And there you have it. Overengineering by the Sainted German Engineers at it's finest.
@dlearl476 posted:Hmmm. I have the OEM compressor that came with my 968 but I’ve never noticed the “two way compression.” The only time I’ve had to use the SSS, Discount dealt with the deflation. Guess it’s time to RTFM.
Located that on a couple different Porsche forums. I've been meaning to check my wife's Macan since she has the same spare.
Speaking of RTFM, I have had my GTI for 5 years and I haven't made it through the manual. It is about 400 pages.
There’s no sense in going through it anymore. Essentially the manuals are becoming more and more safety oriented. Do you want to even find a listing of the fuses in the fuse box Volkswagen has forgotten what customer service did for them since the early 60s