Re: Konig rims

["Lauri Pettai" <lauri.pettai@netexpress.ee>]

http://www.konigwheels.com should help! :)

Lauri!
VW Scirocco 1.8 GTX Kamei X1 bodykit
http://www.ttu.ee/~laurts/scirocco
Finally added nothing new to my site!

>Is any web site I can see are these Konigs looks like?
>
>thx
>/Joel
>
>>  Well, this question seems directly aimed at me, so I'll answer ya!
>> About a year ago I got 15x6.5" Konig tuners with the 38et offset for $105
a
>> peice from (guess where??) Discount Tire! :) My wheels have been
>> _extremely_ durable, I had some 195/50 yoko 509's on there and late one
>> Saturday night at the street races I nailed a HUGE pothole at about 45
mph
>> so bad I thought I broke the suspention! I pulled over, got out and
looked
>> at the wheels, and there was not a scratch on them, boy was I lucky! I
was
>> running about 38psi pressure just for such occasions and it worked.
>> At that time I worked at an autoparts store and the next day a guy with a
>> lowered riced out toyota paseo came it asking for a CV joint. we talk for
a
>> while and it ends up, that _same_ pothole busted his cv joint. So thats
my
>> little story on how tough the Konigs have been for me
>>
>> I like the deep lip a lot too, I dont think the looks can be beat on my
>> Mk1, the angularity of the wheel goes perfectly with the angular MkI! :)
>> you can also get those center caps in red, blue or silver.
>>
>> My only complaint is that the wheels aren't easy to clean, but it's a
small
>> price to pay.
>> The other problem I've had is the I got the new wheel bolts from discount
>> Tire direct(the VW bolts dont work, they're a ball seat, Konigs need
>> tapered), they were 'Gorilla" brand and on the first set I broke about 8
>> lug bolts until I called and they sent me out a new set on which I
proceded
>> to break 2 more. finally I had to go to Off road Warehouse and get a set
of
>> wheel Studs/lug nuts for a Beetle which I've had no problems with.
>>
>> Mine aren't for sale tho!
>>
>> At 02:03 PM 2/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> >I was looking through an auto mag and the Konig Tuner caught my eye.
>> Thing is I don't knoww didley 'bout Konigs---are they durable?  I am
>> thinking about getting 15" so I figure there should still be a good
amount
>> of rubber to protect the rim.  Here in the Washington, DC area the roads
>> can get pretty nasty.
>> >
>> >I called Discount Tire and the guy quoted me a price of $105 a piece for
>> the 15" x 6.5" Konig Tuner rim w/ no tires, just the rim.  Question is,
is
>> this a good price?  What about getting rims at swap meets?  I am trying
to
>> get a nice set of rims for as cheap as I can.  The other one I liked was
>> the Konig GTR and they were $5 cheaper a piece.  I like the deep lip both
>> of those rims have.
>> >
>> >Better yet, any of yous got a set you want to sell me???
>> >
>> >Victor J. Farren
>> >Research & Reference Services
>> >PPC/CDIE/DI/RRS
>> >Tel: (202) 661-5842
>> >Fax: (202) 661-5891
>> >E-mail: vfarren@rrs.cdie.org
>> >
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