Fuchs help / advice please

Hey all, im thinking about investing some cash in a set of genuine fuchs but i dont know an awful lot about them and dont want to pay over the odds.
Im obviously not looking for a set of 4.5's but im not sure what other widths are available or what sort of cash they command.
Any advice given would be appreciated
Cheers.

I don't know much!

But they are very expensive and they can crack. so you could get a set and spend a fortune trying to put them right!

Having them welded etc! I could be wrong though!

they were made in 14", 15" & 16" diameters... the 14" & 16" can be bought cheaper but you want 15" for a bug really

in 15", the earlier wheels are rarer (4.5, 5.5, deep 6s, 7s & 8s) so if you want to keep the cost down, look for a set of the later 15" flat 6s

a good set of flat 6s will be around £800 upwards depending on condition. the earlier wheels mentioned are around double that

keep an eye on DDK, they come up on there regularly http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/index.php

and go real or not at all, wrongun's are really nasty

I actually think the wheels you have really work on your car

the flat4 tokyo repros are ok IMO

negawskloV wrote:they were made in 14", 15" & 16" diameters... the 14" & 16" can be bought cheaper but you want 15" for a bug really

in 15", the earlier wheels are rarer (4.5, 5.5, deep 6s, 7s & 8s) so if you want to keep the cost down, look for a set of the later 15" flat 6s

a good set of flat 6s will be around £800 upwards depending on condition. the earlier wheels mentioned are around double that

keep an eye on DDK, they come up on there regularly http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/index.php

Think I will need a Beetle lesson one day over a cold beer!!!

If you don't mind!

negawskloV wrote:they were made in 14", 15" & 16" diameters... the 14" & 16" can be bought cheaper but you want 15" for a bug really

in 15", the earlier wheels are rarer (4.5, 5.5, deep 6s, 7s & 8s) so if you want to keep the cost down, look for a set of the later 15" flat 6s

a good set of flat 6s will be around £800 upwards depending on condition. the earlier wheels mentioned are around double that

keep an eye on DDK, they come up on there regularly http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/index.php

Oh, i though i saw some go on vzi for around £500, is that for the less popular 14 & 16's??

H wrote:and go real or not at all, wrongun's are really nasty

I actually think the wheels you have really work on your car

I actually think the newer polished ones look pretty good but the detailed ones are all wrong and i want detailed :sad:

negawskloV wrote:the flat4 tokyo repros are ok IMO

I'm not that up on them though, they're moderately rare/expensive in there own right arn't they?

I was really talking about the really nasty ones...

Crags wrote:I actually think the newer polished ones look pretty good but the detailed ones are all wrong and i want detailed :sad:

I've heard enough horror stories and seen enough broken ones to never buy them though...

vin van man wrote:I don't know much!

But they are very expensive and they can crack. so you could get a set and spend a fortune trying to put them right!

Having them welded etc! I could be wrong though!

Do the genuine forged originals crack? I've seen plenty of broken copies.

H wrote:

vin van man wrote:I don't know much!

But they are very expensive and they can crack. so you could get a set and spend a fortune trying to put them right!

Having them welded etc! I could be wrong though!

Do the genuine forged originals crack? I've seen plenty of broken copies.

Well , I only seen this on that program about race-shack! He had a set, but they were split rimmed and needed welding, I was very interested in this part as I used to weld precious metals and cast iron (precious is like HSS and stainless and expensive stuff really!) not gold and stuff!

I had a go at Aliminium welding which was quite cool, so I quite liked watching it, but it was only a short little bit on it!

Crags wrote:Oh, i though i saw some go on vzi for around £500, is that for the less popular 14 & 16's??

you tell me ??

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/search.php?searchid=4111417

Yeah, at a quick glance looks like the ones in my price range are the16" jobbies and they dont look as good do they. Doh!

I'm afraid there's a lot more 16" (80s) fuchs around than 15" so as I said they are cheaper. you could go 16s with some low profile rubber but I suspect the extra cost of the tyres wouldn't make it that much cheaper in the long run

Hmm i'll have to have a think now. Prehaps i could get the MWS polished variety and detail them properly myself?

Thanks for your help / advice negawskloV

the 1st generation of MWS fuchs were bloody awful... like a lego version of the fuch the newer ones are supposed to be better but still stand out as being snides IMO

oh and MWS are a bunch of mould stealing cunts anyway & I wouldn't give them the steam off my piss... but that's just me

negawskloV wrote:the 1st generation of MWS fuchs were bloody awful... like a lego version of the fuch the newer ones are supposed to be better but still stand out as being snides IMO

oh and MWS are a bunch of mould stealing cunts anyway & I wouldn't give them the steam off my piss... but that's just me

Supposed to be better, but still utter wank

Wheels are better when they're round IMHO.

theres 2no. 5.5 (1968 only) 15s on DDK right now... only £600

http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24658

negawskloV wrote:theres 2no. 5.5 (1968 only) 15s on DDK right now... only £600

http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24658

Thanks mate but i only have £500 to play with so i guess my options are snides, 14's or 16's.