[Wayne 962]

I've never been a huge fan of modifying Fuchs alloy wheels in this manner, for a variety of reasons. These are only my opinions on the design and use of this method, not necessarily any one manufacturer.

Firstly, I believe that the original wheel (maybe a deep dish or 16" SC wheel) was carefully designed to withstand the original loads that were to be placed upon it using the original design configuration. Taking a stock, small wheel and modifying it to be larger without beefing up the center seems unwise to me.

When you start with an "old Fuchs", you really don't know what you're dealing with. Was this wheel previously used in racing or heavy driving? Was it abused or well taken care of? Unless you bought the wheel brand new, then you don't know really where it came from. For street driving, used Fuchs are probably perfectly fine. But when you put them on a track, modify them, and then start driving very hard on them, you may be pushing your limits.

I'm not a high performance driver by any means, I don't race in the POC or anything more than weekend track events. But if I did, I would probably make sure that my track wheels were very fortified, if not brand new. Put the fancy Fuchs back on the car when driving it on the street, but save the strong stuff for the track.

-Wayne