H3ADBANG4L1F3 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Cleaning off the rims I just bought and noticed 3 of the 4 are made in Italy, the other is made in the US. A quick glance shows a small difference, the width of the channel on the rear side of the spokes. The Italian ones are wider, US is narrower. Any other differences to note? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvagedcircuit Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Theres italian ones???? It should say "modern wheel" with some DOT numbers My baby is american made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 There should be an AMC part number somewhere on the rim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghetdjc320 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I’ve never seen an Italian one either. All the ones I’ve ever seen were made in usa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H3ADBANG4L1F3 Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 3 hours ago, eaglescout526 said: There should be an AMC part number somewhere on the rim. Here are the identifying marks I could find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H3ADBANG4L1F3 Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 4 hours ago, Salvagedcircuit said: Theres italian ones???? It should say "modern wheel" with some DOT numbers My baby is american made That's what one of mine looks like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H3ADBANG4L1F3 Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 Here's a much cleaner one I found from the web Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchamakalit Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I just checked my loose spare and it is Made in the USA. I am now curious since my turbines came from several different trucks...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCO6 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I have 2 sets Turbine wheels that have "MADE IN THE U.S.A." cast into the rim and one set that have "MADE IN W. GERMANY". They they look the same but the spokes are actually different. The spokes on the USA wheels, measured on the face of them, are 1" wide and the German ones are 1-1/8" wide. In all other respects they seem to be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, PCO6 said: one set that have "MADE IN W. GERMANY". Do those have an AMC part number? 5 hours ago, H3ADBANG4L1F3 said: Here are the identifying marks I could find. That’s the AMC number. Ok so that’s genuine. I wonder who was the manufacture for these rims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schardein Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Interesting. I'll have to look through mine. Some years back I was weighing each wheel in my small collection. I noticed a few of my Turbines were heavier than the others. Now I wonder if it might be because of where they were manufactured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCO6 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 42 minutes ago, eaglescout526 said: Do those have an AMC part number? I just realized I have an Italian wheel as well. I checked my wheels that are not currently on my MJ & XJ and got the following ... U.S.A SF 8952 000 025 W. GERMANY SF 8952 002 735 ITALY SF 8952003552 On the USA & W. German wheels the number is cast into the rim. On the Italian rim it is cast into a spoke. The number is much smaller on the Italian wheel and there are no spaces like on the other 2. EDIT: The W. German wheel I just checked also has a small pert number - about 1/8" high. I'm almost certain the W. German wheel numbers are larger - about 1/4" like the U.S.A. wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout526 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Ok I do have an idea. So SF 8952000025 is the original part number. The US one. The other two I can speculate one of two things. One, the rim manufacture had three factories, one here and two in Europe. The two in Europe got different part numbers for the casting probably to keep them different from the US ones and we’re probably meant for the euro Jeeps. Two, anytime the US ones went on back order, the other two supplied to the states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCO6 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 None of my wheels came with my Jeeps (88 MJ & 89 XJ). I'm "assuming" (haha) they all came from Canadian Jeeps built in the US. I can't see that that would be a factor unless then wheels were bought after the original vehicle purchase, which would seem odd AND Canadian and American dealers got a different supply of wheels? I kind of doubt that. I have 13 Turbines in total and 7 of them came from Europe. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H3ADBANG4L1F3 Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 Bought 4 more today lol. 3 from the US, one from West Germany. The West German one is similar to the Italian, but has deeper grooves on the rear side of the spokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghetdjc320 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Do we know if the finishes varied by manufacturing area? I’ve always seen machined spokes with a medium grey background but I know there were some that were all painted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle_SX4 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I have a set 2 sets of turbines. I noticed another difference is the wheel mounting flange thickness varies. Not sure how much but some are thicker than others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle_SX4 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Both of these turbines were made in the US but are different thicknesses. 1-1/8 vs 1-1/4 The thicker wheel also has thicker webbing on the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokermjcomanche Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 I don’t have pictures currently, but I have noticed on some of the wheels that there is a recess where the lug nut seats on some wheels but not on others . I always chalked it up to the ones with the recess are for the rear and the ones that weren’t were for the front due to the rear studs being shorter . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiserman Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 The wheels on my 87 XJ are a mix of US and W. Germany. I didn't notice the minor differences until after I had them powder coated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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