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Old Apr 24, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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Rinspeed or Gemballa?

Which wheels would you get for your Cayenne? I am trying to decide which to get for my '08 CTT which arrives in late May.

If you have done business with Gemballa, how was the experience?

Obviously, Rinspeed is the safe choice since you can do business with Peter @ Wheelexperts or Arling from Lucent.
 

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My vote would be for Rinspeed...but then again, I'm a sucker for the 5-spoke design...
 
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Rinspeed 23s.... thats what im doin.... Gemballa's are only 22" I beleive...
 
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I would go with RINSPEED
 
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Rinspeed 23s.... thats what im doin.... Gemballa's are only 22" I beleive...
isn't better to have 22"?
 
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Originally Posted by cayenne_ksa
isn't better to have 22"?
For performance and ride comfortablity yes but for "looks" it has to be 23...
 
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Originally Posted by BD 997
For performance and ride comfortablity yes but for "looks" it has to be 23...
I agree. I have the Kahns but if I was changing them it would have to be Rinspeeds.
Wheres the new Car? Nearly end of April!!!
 
Old Apr 25, 2007 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by RDKJ
Which wheels would you get for your Cayenne? I am trying to decide which to get for my '08 CTT which arrives in late May.

If you have done business with Gemballa, how was the experience?

Obviously, Rinspeed is the safe choice since you can do business with Peter @ Wheelexperts or Arling from Lucent.
I have the Gemballa Kit and personally I think it looks better that rinspeed. BUT dealing with Heinz @ Gemballa is A PAIN IN THE ***. He never answers his phone and basically impossible to get in touch with. That was almost a year or two ago. I doubt that has chnaged.
 
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don't shoot me guys...

well, i'm not affiliated with gemballa but i had good experience with heinz.
everyone had bad experiences with heinz i guess...
however, i didn't have any problems nor hassles with him at all.
one phone call(answered) & two email did it for my order last time.

recently, i sent him an email about touch-up paint for my wheel.(few scratches... )
he reply my mail in a couple of hours and sent out the touch-up paint for free.(is this unusal?)



btw, i'll go with gemballa...
 
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Totally different wheel designs.......Do you like a 5 spoke/star or do you like the mesh BBS type? I prefer the 5 star Rinspeeds but both look great. It just depends on what style you like better.....
 
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Gemballa do this 5 spoke in a 22":-



and also this, which was available as a 23" as shown below, although it doesnt seem to be listed anymore:-

 
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23" Gemballa's in black.

Turbo 'S' Kahns are too common over here, I used to have RSC monoblock 20x10 Kahns on my ML320.
 
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Kahns are getting that way here too. Theres a lot of really nasty cheap looking wheels coming out that people are using too.
Black wheels look v/cool.
 
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Gemballa 22" sport in black it is. Heinz has been very prompt in responding to calls and email. Now, I just need my '08 CTT to arrive (May 28).
 
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Originally Posted by RDKJ
Gemballa 22" sport in black it is. Heinz has been very prompt in responding to calls and email. Now, I just need my '08 CTT to arrive (May 28).
Congradulations in advance, Ive just driven a 08 CTT its FAST!!!
 


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