How can you tell Porsche OEM wheels from replicas?? - 6SpeedOnline

Jan 31, 2007 | 12:06 AM

livenupe

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How can you tell Porsche OEM wheels from replicas??

Any tips???

Jan 31, 2007 | 12:08 AM

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newport996 is infamous around these parts

Porsche stamps on the inside maybe? Porsche part numbers?

Jan 31, 2007 | 01:22 PM

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JAY@BRANDYWINE is infamous around these parts

that is correct, on one of the spokes on the inside of the wheel will be stamped with the part #, on another one of the spokes will be the offset of the wheel itself

Jan 31, 2007 | 09:57 PM

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K2@Brandywine is infamous around these parts

Also one more thing to look for, on either side of the valve stem hole will be markings, one is the wheel width and other.... is actually slipping my mind right now.

Kevin

Jan 31, 2007 | 10:02 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by K2@Brandywine

Also one more thing to look for, on either side of the valve stem hole will be markings, one is the wheel width and other.... is actually slipping my mind right now.

Kevin

wheel width and offset

Feb 1, 2007 | 01:30 AM

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OK, following the advice of this board, I bought a set of used wheels (the seller threw in the tires). The part number was stamped on the inside and the width and offset info was stamped on the valve stems. I'm confident that I purchased OEM wheels!!!

THANX GUYS!!!!