Re: Konig rims

[Joel Leclerc <deejay@info.polymtl.ca>]

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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