Source for Porsche Speedster wheels, and tires.

[my80malibu]

Looking for replacements to put on a 1/25 Revell Porsche Speedster in kit, or resin form.

Edited February 15, 2014 by my80malibu

[Ace-Garageguy]

Any wide-5 VW Beetle wheel will have the right look and bolt pattern. Any wide-5 Porsche wheel from 356 kits from Fujimi are also correct and excellent.

Just for clarification, your post header says "Spyder" but your post copy says "Speedster". Though the correct period wheels for them are pretty much identical, they are two entirely different cars. The Spyder is a mid-engined tube-frame car with an aluminum body, while the Speedster is an all-steel unibody design, rear-engined, and very similar in layout to a Beetle of the period.

Most of the photos of "Spyders" you'll find on the web are actually fiberglass replicas, and have incorrect 4-bolt VW-pattern wheels to accommodate the late-model Bug and Ghia disc brakes.

A real Spyder or Speedster wheel looks like this...

[my80malibu]

Bill I edited the title. The speedster wheels are molded to the tires. 1960's engineering.

[jbwelda]

fujimi enthusiasts series Porsche 356 B/C has spectacular wheels that may well be appropriate or close enough.

jb

Edited February 18, 2014 by jbwelda

[Ace-Garageguy]

fujimi enthusiasts series Porsche 356 B/C has spectacular wheels that may well be appropriate or close enough.

jb

The upper wheels pictured would be appropriate for a 356C or SC, which had disc brakes and the 911 bolt pattern.

The lower wide-5 pattern is appropriate for stock Speedsters, which had the early VW bolt pattern.

To further confuse matters, it is / was very common to fit later Porsche running gear to earlier cars, so a 1950s Speedster representing a period post-1964 (when the C was introduced) could very well have the smaller bolt-pattern wheels, or even the 911 Fuchs wheels.

[afx]

Fujimi Fuchs wheel centers in turned aluminum rims.

 

Edited August 31, 2015 by afx

[jbwelda]

yes the fujimi kit contains 4 or more of the open wheels and at least two of the four bolt closed wheel for disk brake application on the C

jb

[Foxer]

Fujimi Fuch wheel centers in turned aluminum rims.

I'd be interested in where I might obtain some turned aluminum rims as you show for exactly the same use for some Fuchs. Did you turn these yourself?

Edited February 19, 2014 by Foxer

[afx]

I'd be interested in where I might obtain some turned aluminum rims as you show for exactly the same use for some Fuchs. Did you turn these yourself?

No, they are Detail Master