++**"Help me identify this wheel!" Thread.**++

[bimmerbabe]

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These look like Keskin KT1 to me... but I know there is an other manufacturer out there, that did the same Style... I just forgot the name...

[DaCabrioGuy]

Just picked up these. They are Graku wheels, but I was wondering if anybody could give me more info on them. The specs are 15x9 front, 15x10.5 rear porsche bolt pattern. "Compomotive" is etched iinto one of the rear's lips (in the last pic).

[bimmerbabe]

Just picked up these. They are Graku wheels, but I was wondering if anybody could give me more info on them. The specs are 15x9 front, 15x10.5 rear porsche bolt pattern. "Compomotive" is etched iinto one of the rear's lips (in the last pic).

AFAIK Graku wheels were mostly (all?) made of magnesium, at least the centers. I only know of 3-piece versions, there might be others as well.
Yours appear to be called "Graku Competition", but I'm not 100% sure with that. These are some very old and hard to find wheels, as well for information about them.

edit:
just read that the manufacturer of these wheels is based in the Netherlands.
They started producing wheels in the late 70s, now they only sell wheels, no production any more...

[DaCabrioGuy]

AFAIK Graku wheels were mostly (all?) made of magnesium, at least the centers. I only know of 3-piece versions, there might be others as well.
Yours appear to be called "Graku Competition", but I'm not 100% sure with that. These are some very old and hard to find wheels, as well for information about them.

edit:
just read that the manufacturer of these wheels is based in the Netherlands.
They started producing wheels in the late 70s, now they only sell wheels, no production any more...

Ok thanks for that info. Yea they are definitely 3 piece and extremely light weight. Where did you read that they were based in the netherlands? I am just having such a hard time finding anything on the wheels and or graku itself haha.

[Beware]

There have been produced 2 versions of the wheels, the only difference is the center and, like 1badg35 already said, the inner badge height is a bit different. The rest is completely the same.
Both wheel versions were available in 2-piece and 3-piece
The flat centers aren't just *that* common out there, people always seemed to prefer the deep centers

I read somewhere that someone called the flat faced versions Type 1's and the slightly recessed version were Type 2's, this may or may not be right, but it could also just be the pad height difference.

When I was looking I found 3-4 sets of the flat faced ones, 1 set that was mixed which looked too mis-matched for me and only 2 sets of the recessed ones, of which I bought 1 set.

[atomcrew]

looks like oz mito, but its not 3 piece

[bimmerbabe]

Ok thanks for that info. Yea they are definitely 3 piece and extremely light weight. Where did you read that they were based in the netherlands? I am just having such a hard time finding anything on the wheels and or graku itself haha.

googled in german and found out that someone was looking for them, too, in a german VW forum years ago. And there was someone registered who used to order wheels from Graku regularly back in the days, so he knew all that
btw, these are some official center caps that they use to sell, too me likey

I read somewhere that someone called the flat faced versions Type 1's and the slightly recessed version were Type 2's, this may or may not be right, but it could also just be the pad height difference.

When I was looking I found 3-4 sets of the flat faced ones, 1 set that was mixed which looked too mis-matched for me and only 2 sets of the recessed ones, of which I bought 1 set.

The recessed versions were officially sold as Version 1's, just as the product papers say, that usually came with the wheels in Germany when you bought them from Breyton. Just checked on that.
So the flat faces are the Version 2

[Swo7pes]

I know they look similar to the Work VS-XX but upon closer inspection they are not the same.

[Beware]

The recessed versions were officially sold as Version 1's, just as the product papers say, that usually came with the wheels in Germany when you bought them from Breyton. Just checked on that.
So the flat faces are the Version 2

Good to know that, thanks! So I was just the wrong way around, but it's nice to know I have Version 1's.

Any idea when the Version 1's and 2's were made from and until when? Mine have a 1995 sticker on them I think(from memory anyway).

[The_Sauce]

[Chris@fifteen52]

Look like 77-80 Trans Am wheels

[bimmerbabe]

Good to know that, thanks! So I was just the wrong way around, but it's nice to know I have Version 1's.

Any idea when the Version 1's and 2's were made from and until when? Mine have a 1995 sticker on them I think(from memory anyway).

As far as I can remember, they have been produced from 1995 to 2000, but I'm not sure with that.

[The_Sauce]

Look like 77-80 Trans Am wheels

Awesome! Was hoping that were something in a larger size. Thanks!

[The_Sauce]

looks like oz mito, but its not 3 piece

Schmidt Race 2000's

[OrangeBlue]

1bag35, bimmerbabe and Beware thanks alot for the help about the Breytons,

Does someone know witch centercaps they used to have.
Bimmerbabe do you have the paperworks for the 17x8 type 1, got myself a set
for real cheap a few hours ago