Fittipaldi's?

[Volkswagenaholic]

Found these for sale online. The guy lives a few hours from me so before I drive all the way there I'm hoping someone can tell me what that centercap is and if their real. He says their off an 87 Vette. 17x9.5 2 piece et55 or so. From the back pic it appears their 3 piece rather than 2.

[Heveliusz]

They look like OZ Fittipaldi's with fake caps. 3pcs.
Ask him to take the center caps off and read...

[electricalbox]

Seeing a wheel from the front or back has nothing to do with it being 2 or 3 piece, but it can't help to suggest if it is a single or multipiece wheel. The only verifying 2 to 3pc tell would be to see a seal (or lack of seal) on the outside of the wheel where the inner (barrel) outer (lip) and face meet. A wheel can be front, reverse, or sandwich mounted so seeing it from behind means nothing.

BOL, those are cool wheels.

[G535]

Contact mk3f.t.w. - he owns a similar set.

These are his

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34756

If the ones you posted really are off a Vette they should be quite rare as the centers are 15'' and the barrels and lips step up to 16''.

[1badg35]

i have a set of 5 faces from the 5x120.7 vette of the same time. might be putting them all up for sale as i dont want to build them.

in this case though, I believe you have 16" faces stepped up to 17" vette wheels. they are real fittipaldis though, so there isnt much question there

[Volkswagenaholic]

Thanks for the info guys, I am only going by the info I was given via craigslist. I am going to pick them up on Saturday so I'll measure them myself when I get them. I wish they were 16's so I could use them on my Corrado.

[Volkswagenaholic]

Contact mk3f.t.w. - he owns a similar set.

These are his

http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34756

If the ones you posted really are off a Vette they should be quite rare as the centers are 15'' and the barrels and lips step up to 16''.

I read through that thread. Beautiful wheels! I wonder if I should strip these ones down and fully polish them or paint the centers?

[arevinotion]

yeah, Thanks for the info guys, I am only going by the info I was given via craigslist too.

[Volkswagenaholic]

Picked them up yesterday and they are 2 piece. The centers and the outer lip are 1 and the barrel is another. Kind of a bummer but still cool wheels. They are in fact 16" not 17" and 9.5" wide. They are Type 07

Quick et measurements says their et32

[G535]

The centers and the outer lip are 1 and the barrel is another.

WHUT!?

Full polish looks great on Fittipaldis, but you cant go wrong with a nice subtle color on the centers..

[Volkswagenaholic]

Turns out they are 3 piece. The paint is so heavy on them it gives the illusion their 2 piece. Also I didn't know the centers bolt in from the back so when I scraped out the silicone seal I only saw 2 pieces coming together. All good now but they won't work on my car so their up for sale.