What's this style of rim called?

"Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion" (spydermonkeywrench) 10/22/2015 at 16:01 • Filed to: Airblades

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I’ve come to love these types of rims, but I don’t know what they’re called.

I know the above are Zender Turbo 2s, but I don’t know what the style is called. While I like these, Im interested in a much Deeper concave.

I’d like to have something more akin to the rims found Audi GTO. While I know that they are not made anywhere, I like the depth and overall shape.

I’ve found on forums that the style is called “Air Blades” but when I look up Airblade rims all I get is this:

Which is not what I want at all...

Any insight into these types of rims would be greatly appreciated.

itschrome > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 16:04

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Pretty sure they are turbo rims..

Azrek > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 16:05

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Directional Rims, if those arrows are going the wrong way something could come apart!

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > itschrome 10/22/2015 at 16:06

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TURBO 2*

Shark-Attack > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 16:06

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They’re not really wheels, what you’re wanting is actually a cover. The generic name is turbo fans but you’re going to be paying a premium if you can’t fab them yourself.

BigBlock440 > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 16:07

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Turbine wheels I think

Echo51 > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 10/22/2015 at 16:07

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Ronal made a set of TURBO’s even

ly2v8-Brian > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 16:12

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A wheel

Ash78, voting early and often > Echo51 10/22/2015 at 16:16

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Did somebody say RONAL?

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion > Shark-Attack 10/22/2015 at 16:18

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Thank you!

They are exactly the type of rims I was looking for. Sadly I won’t be able to afford that price...

MPA > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 16:20

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my ‘81 Trans Am Turbo had the same type of Turbo wheels

RallyWrench > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 16:28

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I’ve always called such styles “turbines”, because that’s what BMW calls these, though they’re really just covers on an equally sexy 5-spoke wheel.

I had a set of 16x9 Ronal Turbos for my old Ur-quattro, they were beautiful but I let them go with the car.

CalzoneGolem > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 16:29

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Just need some pizza boxes and duck tape.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Shark-Attack 10/22/2015 at 16:30

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Did they have a purpose? The only thing I can think of is that it might help cool the brakes if you are blowing air on them.

Shark-Attack > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 16:32

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Yeah they are way too much for what they are, one day I’d like to give fabbing up a set out of 505 stainless a shot, but they’d have to precision made to be even decent, hence why I got the poor mans turbo fans

these are the best ones though,

Shark-Attack > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 10/22/2015 at 16:34

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That’s the main purpose of most of them. Some are actually designed to pull air out from under the car increasing downforce. I imagine effects are minimal but that is some pretty ingenious engineering.

Nonster > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 16:55

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Yep Turbine wheels. For brake cooling and doing cool things to tire smoke

Baskingshark > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 17:27

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I have nothing to add but this cool shot of a turbo fan wheel I shot a while ago

Sam > Shark-Attack 10/22/2015 at 17:49

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It’s a cover? You actually just blew my mind.

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion > Shark-Attack 10/22/2015 at 17:53

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I’m actually a huge fan of the 935K rims you posted up top. Apparently there’s even a company who makes pseudo-Replicas (they look like them but they’re somehow better?)

However they cost $1.8k. I’d rather invest in some coilovers. (However I will tirelessly try to hunt down some used ones)

Shark-Attack > Sam 10/22/2015 at 17:54

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Most are. A few are not, such as the first ones in Quattros original post.

Shark-Attack > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 17:57

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Just check the Web now and then, I have seen a really plain but well made set on ebay, I don’t recall the price but I do remember being disappointed they had already sold.

Sam > Shark-Attack 10/22/2015 at 18:49

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I know that the OZ Racing rally wheels from the 90s are also not. We were looking at a set for my dad’s GT-Four.

Bandit > MPA 10/22/2015 at 19:19

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If my ‘81 still had those rims when I bought it, it’d be running round with a turbo hood and probably a 301 turbo still. Sadly, all that came with the car were 7” snowflakes the PO swapped out for.

wbizarre - OEM fetishist > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2015 at 19:40

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You will probably enjoy this link:

http://80shero.blogspot.com/2013/07/aero-e…

MPA > Bandit 10/22/2015 at 19:44

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My ‘81 had the Turbo 301 swapped out with a regular Chevy 350. I think it had something like 225/70/15

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion > wbizarre - OEM fetishist 10/22/2015 at 19:48

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Much style. Many fins. Do lust.

Bandit > MPA 10/22/2015 at 20:33

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My ‘81 was a Turbo Special Edition... at one point... by the time I got it it had a low power Chevy 350 and had most of its special edition stuff stripped off it.