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sean68 Officially Full-On Dubber

239 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·

#389830
Does anyone know where the best place to buy erco wheels is?
also what kind of price are they?
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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#389937
Is this them ???

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vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#389949
don't they look beautiful.
they'd be my next choice if I didn't get the Radar's.
nothing says drag race more than Erco's
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sean68 Officially Full-On Dubber

239 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·

#390122
same as these one
with the offset/inward dish on the frontnn[ Edited on 26-7-2005 by sean68 ]

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davidoconnor Commited Dubber

71 posts · joined May 2005 ·

#390236
Sean, I bought mine direct from the source. Talk to Eric Ballard at ERCO in Riverside California his number is (909) 689 4430 plus all those overseas prefixes to call L.A. from Australia.

They're available in all sorts of offsets but you may be limited by what he has in stock or by how long you're willing to wait. They're also available in two material thicknesses. The lightest or true Drag wheel uses .125" aluminium and he'll tell you they're striclty not for street use. The other uses .190 T6 aluminium.

I paid around $US130 per rim plus postage and duties and a little extra for the wheel washers (don't forget those).

You won't believe the weight saving with these beatuies and they look good to boot. Hope this helps.

vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#390405
post a pic Dave.

🙂
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sean68 Officially Full-On Dubber

239 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·

#390604
thanks david
just the info i was looking for
will try ringing Eric
did you get same style front rims as the ones in the pic i posted
if so what offset are they

cheers
sean
68 Beetle - rebuilding 😵‍💫
65 beetle - driving 😎

Adolph Commited Dubber

69 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·

#391449
Looks very good!!:thumb
And what did they cost?

Thank you Hermann
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davidoconnor Commited Dubber

71 posts · joined May 2005 ·

#391681
Sean,

The fronts on my car are 4.125" with an inside half of 2.5" and an outside half of 1.625". If you're running these wheels on a disk brake front end don't forget you'll have to run a spacer to clear the caliper and this may effect you're offset calculations.

The front ERCO's on Richard Dickson's silver car pictured above are 3.5" with 0" on the outside half and a full 3.5" on the inside half. Who needs a narrowed beam when you can run these babies!!

What car are these going on Sean?nn[ Edited on 30/7/2005 by davidoconnor ]

davidoconnor Commited Dubber

71 posts · joined May 2005 ·

#391695
Sean,

I'll try to attach a picture of my car. Hope this worked?!nn[ Edited on 30/7/2005 by davidoconnor ]nn[ Edited on 30/7/2005 by davidoconnor ]

HGFS Wolfsburg Wizard

531 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·

#391797
Hi David,
Looks like you're probably having the same problems with pics that I did. You need to resize pics so they are under 50K file size or they wont post.
Haven't seen your car much with the erco's on it, I think every time I see it, its wearing the Fuchs
Cheers
Greg
1954 Oval long term project going nowhere
1958 Beetle drag car project
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sean68 Officially Full-On Dubber

239 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·

#392841
Hey David
Thanks for the info again
They're going on a 62 that i'm getting
do you know if the front ones on Richard Dickson's car will work with the wide 5 disc brakes?
Are your rears 5 6 or 7 inch
Pic of your car would be great

cheers
Sean
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65 beetle - driving 😎

vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#392966
Here's the pic of DO'C's car with the Erco's.

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sean68 Officially Full-On Dubber

239 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·

#393140
nice looking bug 👍
looks like a 68/69..am i right?
don't see to many nice ones....everyone wants the earlier ones
68 Beetle - rebuilding 😵‍💫
65 beetle - driving 😎