11-26-2013, 05:16 PM
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So what's the deal with Fikse wheels? Their web site give very little information - company history, some verbiage about their manufacturing techniques, and some pretty pictures. No available sizes, weights, offsets, or specs of any kind. No info on who carries them, either. They are very sharp - I like the FM10's on Tom's car the best - and if they're a little lighter than Porsche Cup (whatever that means...) wheels, so much the better.
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I have a set of 17x8.5 and 17x10 Fikse Profil 10's sitting in my garage waiting for some rubber in the spring...they are very lightweight and I don't think I would ever want to run them on the street...because I bet they would bend very easily.
I'd bet that a lot of the manufacturers who do their own wheels (well, mainly 3-piece manufacturers) will have the capability to do them in multiple offsets - I know Rotiform (big in the Audi/VW scene) have lathes/drill presses set up in their warehouse/office to drill any bolt-pattern into their faces (which they can get blank and undrilled) - a friend of mine used to work there and offered to make some wheels in 5x130 if I was interested. Wouldn't hurt to ask any of the guys you're interested in wheels from.
So what's the deal with Fikse wheels? Their web site give very little information - company history, some verbiage about their manufacturing techniques, and some pretty pictures. No available sizes, weights, offsets, or specs of any kind. No info on who carries them, either. They are very sharp - I like the FM10's on Tom's car the best - and if they're a little lighter than Porsche Cup (whatever that means...) wheels, so much the better.
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I have a set of 17x8.5 and 17x10 Fikse Profil 10's sitting in my garage waiting for some rubber in the spring...they are very lightweight and I don't think I would ever want to run them on the street...because I bet they would bend very easily.
I'd bet that a lot of the manufacturers who do their own wheels (well, mainly 3-piece manufacturers) will have the capability to do them in multiple offsets - I know Rotiform (big in the Audi/VW scene) have lathes/drill presses set up in their warehouse/office to drill any bolt-pattern into their faces (which they can get blank and undrilled) - a friend of mine used to work there and offered to make some wheels in 5x130 if I was interested. Wouldn't hurt to ask any of the guys you're interested in wheels from.
1994 Slate Grey M030 Coupe
