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> Gas Burners!, Mahle Wheels
JawjaPorsche
post Oct 20 2011, 12:56 PM
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I always regretted not getting the optional Mahle wheels when I purchased my teener in 73. I always thought the stock hub caps were kinda lame.

I was able to find these wheels on Ebay. Because the seller was only about 70 miles from here, I saved $150 shipping. I got five wheels and almost new tires for only $349! The teener looks 100% better!

Ralphie, my Plott Hound, likes em…..


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post Oct 20 2011, 01:02 PM
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I have always liked the gasburners. 4lug and 5lug. Great wheels! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)
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post Oct 20 2011, 01:04 PM
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amazing what wheels do for the looks of a car.

looking good!
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post Oct 20 2011, 01:13 PM
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wheels and tire's can be the best upgrades on these cars


i mean they are only the connection between you and the road , go figure
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post Oct 20 2011, 01:22 PM
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Mahles are my favorite in 4- and 5-lug. When I see 5-lug Mahle gas burners I want to steal them. Then I'd have to do 5-lug conversion when I got out of jail.

Sounds like you got a good deal too!
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post Oct 20 2011, 01:33 PM
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Those are my favourites !!! ...


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post Oct 20 2011, 01:43 PM
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Great find and what a deal (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

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post Oct 20 2011, 02:07 PM
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I was lucky, when I found my 914 locally, that it had original Mahles.

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They're light-weight, too. Not as light as the 5-lug Mahles though - I think those were magnesium? (I've always considered only the 5-lugs to be called Gasburners)
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post Oct 20 2011, 02:58 PM
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Nice score. That was a great deal.

When I bought my parts car, the fact it had Mahle's on it clinched the deal in a heartbeat. They'll be going on my driver.
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post Oct 20 2011, 04:30 PM
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QUOTE(flipb @ Oct 20 2011, 01:07 PM) *
They're light-weight, too. Not as light as the 5-lug Mahles though - I think those were magnesium? (I've always considered only the 5-lugs to be called Gasburners)


I've also only thought of the five-lug ones as Gasburners.

Those were magnesium alloy, and only weighed something like 9 lbs? Might have been even less.

There are repro five-lug 'burners made for the Bug world. They're cast aluminum, and rather heavy as I recall.

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post Oct 20 2011, 05:50 PM
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QUOTE(BigDBass @ Oct 20 2011, 02:22 PM) *

When I see 5-lug Mahle gas burners I want to steal them.


Thanks for the heads up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I'll be sure to get some wheel locks before we run into each other...

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post Oct 20 2011, 06:13 PM
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Sorry but im not a big fan. Dont hate. just voicing my opinion. Fuchs or riverias for me.
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post Oct 20 2011, 06:47 PM
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Mahles are great. Love them in the 4-lug. They are great in the 5-lug gas burner too. I only want them becase they are worth so much. In the 5-lug I will stick with 16" Fuchs. They are my favorite (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) . Still I would take a set of gas burners in a heartbeat (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)
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post Oct 20 2011, 06:58 PM
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The first 914 I test drove had the 4-lug Mahles. I said to the shop owner, "Are these the 'gas burner' wheels?" "Nope," he said. "Gas burners are the 5-lug wheels. These are known as baby burners." And that's what I've been calling them ever since. Just so I get the lingo right, should I be calling the 4-lug Mahles 'gas burners' or 'baby burners'?

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post Oct 20 2011, 06:59 PM
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Do you have any before pictures for a before and after sequence?

Nice looking rims though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I don't believe I have ever seen the 5 lug versions. I'll have to search that one.
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post Oct 20 2011, 09:18 PM
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QUOTE(Black22 @ Oct 20 2011, 04:59 PM) *

Nice looking rims though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I don't believe I have ever seen the 5 lug versions. I'll have to search that one.


Here ya go..........


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post Oct 20 2011, 10:12 PM
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QUOTE(1970 Neun vierzehn @ Oct 20 2011, 08:18 PM) *

QUOTE(Black22 @ Oct 20 2011, 04:59 PM) *

Nice looking rims though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I don't believe I have ever seen the 5 lug versions. I'll have to search that one.


Here ya go..........


Wow! Those are pretty cool!
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post Oct 20 2011, 10:12 PM
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Sorry. Error = double post!
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post Oct 20 2011, 10:14 PM
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Those wheels look great, but would look better powercoated black.
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post Oct 20 2011, 10:24 PM
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QUOTE(JawjaPorsche @ Oct 20 2011, 02:56 PM) *

I always regretted not getting the optional Mahle wheels when I purchased my teener in 73. I always thought the stock hub caps were kinda lame.

I was able to find these wheels on Ebay. Because the seller was only about 70 miles from here, I saved $150 shipping. I got five wheels and almost new tires for only $349! The teener looks 100% better!

Ralphie, my Plott Hound, likes em…..

Looks great but dang.....it took you long enough

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