Harvey's Fuchs Wizardry.......

[Soterik]

Well, 7 months after sending my wheels to Harvey, they have returned....

Looking to maintain the "correct" look on my 67S, I decided to risk a set of original 4.5's to Harvey to see if they could be widened....decision was made to go for 6" width.... 7" was going to take 2 cuts, and I didn't want to risk it.

Here's the finished product....damn, I think I'll just put them in a glass case!

[Eric911S]

Hello: May I ask a stupid question? Why did you widen the 4.5 Fuchs to 6. Thanks Eric

[Paul Schooley]

Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery nice lookin wheels. They got prettier curves than the blondes on the left coast on roller blades.

[Soterik]

Hello: May I ask a stupid question? Why did you widen the 4.5 Fuchs to 6. Thanks Eric

Well, as I mentioned I wanted the correct look, meaning the correct 67 (one year only) wheels....however I didn't want to be tied to the limited amount of rubber available (185 series is really pushing it on that width rim), and I also wanted as large a footprint as possible on the road. Not sure what tires are going on these wheels yet....


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[Cornpanzer]

Wow! That takes some guts!
Those are waaaay trick! I love it!
It could be worse resto-nazi's, one of my fellow VW guys could have got hold of them and chrome plated them

[nick-moss]

Have you fitted them to the car yet to see if you have any clearance on the inside, especially at the front on full lock?

[dvkk]

Wow, what's the resulting offset of that baby?

My guess is a massive 61mm. No problem with a wheel spacer.

[BOYER73S]

Great looking wheels Eric.

Harvey is indeed the master. I bought 4, 6 x15" wheels off E Bay last year had the guy send them direct to Harvey who sent me a report, he then did the restoration and sent the wheels to me Down Under.

Everyone and I mean everyone goes nuts when they see them as I doubt anyone else in Australia has any refinsihed by Harvey and and the guys who try out here all do a crap job!!!

Pic of Harveys wheels on my nearly finshed targa resto


Harvey for King

[Soterik]

Have you fitted them to the car yet to see if you have any clearance on the inside, especially at the front on full lock?

Harvey ran the numbers..and with a spacer we should be fine...., note that's one of the reasons we did a 6" instead of 7".

It appears I shouldn't have a problem according to this:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showt...hreadid=207728

regards,
Eric

[72targa]

Contact info again for Harvey?