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Price: $2495.00
Porsche itself does not have the rights to use the Fuchs name, so its own Fuchs-replicas are called ‘Sport Classic’.
The wheels for sale here are not the fake-fuchs \'sport classic\' wheels. There are REAL Fuchs made in Germany by Fuchs. Real Fuchs are FORGED while the Porsche \'sport classic\' are cast.
Great write up from Rennlist:
The reason the original Otto Fuchs wheels gained quickly in popularity with Porsche owners over the decades was not merely cosmetic appeal. It had to do with lighter weight and strength by being a forged wheel. Additionally, a forged wheel literally changes the shape of the aluminum molecules in a such a way as to orient the grain to benefit the strength of the wheel--castings can\'t do that. The molten material merely flows into a sand cast mode where it is both gravity and pressure acting upon it--it leaves a rougher finish (hence why cast wheels are mostly painted to hide that, or with limited machining to achieve the look inherent with forgings. Forged wheels can be polished much more than any casting, or anodized to give that characteristic Fuchs alloy look.
Cast wheels tend to fracture much more easily while a forged wheel will bend, perhaps, but not fracture. (Obviously, with sufficient force, it could also fracture but that is considerably rarer).
orsche 997 19\" Sport Classic (cast)
Front : 8,5J x 19 ET55 weight : 11,5kg (25.3lbs)
Rear: 11,5J x 19 ET50 weight : 14,4kg (31.68lbs)
Otto Fuchs Sport Classic forged
8.5 x 19 ET56 23.14 lbs
11 x 19 ET51 25.35 lbs
These are the real deal GERMAN MADE (Not CA) Drop Forged Fuchs
fuchsfelge.de
The original Fuchs engineering company that made the wheels in the 1970s and 1980s is still running in Germany.Tire recommendationfront: 235/40ZR19 Michelin Pilot Super Sportrear: 295/35ZR19 Michelin Pilot Super Sport
Surface:Polished, silk-gloss anodized rim.Matt black.
Weight:10,5kg
To be clear, you are buying 4 FUCHs wheels that I had briefly mounted for use on our 2009 Porsche 997. Wheels only.
I am not a wheel dealer, car dealer etc. Just a guy like you who has a car problem :). I will deliver these wheels in their boxes to my local UPS store and from there you will speak directly with them and pay for shipping etc. I have no idea what these wheels will cost to ship so please don\'task. I will not sell these for less than the reserve. If these don\'t sell I will mount them on the wall and call them art!