too big????

Hi

I am looking at some wheels for my '67 beetle but i am thinking they may be a bit big. They are 18x8 et50mm so i was wondering does it seem like they are gonna be to big and really screw up my turning circle and stuff also would anyone happen to have a photo of a bug with 18 inch wheels on them i wanna see how high they sit ? ill see if i can include a pik of the rims

you can see the wheels at http://wheeldynamics.net/Wheels3.jpg

Cheers


[ Edited on 2-1-2006 by radioactive_ben ]

i got pics of 19's and 20's on bugs in the us i think, and theres a super in newcastle with 19's theres a heap of pics on SBO!:thumb ill post the pics i have when i find them

are those porsche cup 4's?

id say you will DEFINATELY not be fitting them under stock guards.


Anthony

Nah they are turbo 2's and what would be the max size that i would fit on?


[ Edited on 2-1-2006 by radioactive_ben ]

they look nothing like cup 2's..or do you mean cup 3 turbo twists? :S although i swear they still look like the cup 4 from mille miglia (spelling?)

im not sure with your standard beetle. but i do know that even for a super. in order to fit 17x7 up front under stock guards i am going to be getting narrowed struts. at the rear on a super 8' wide is fine but im not sure with a standard beetle sorry.

someone must know for this guy.

free bump for ya anyway.


Anthony

The ET50 is what will cause problems. Here are my Cup 3 turbo twist replicas which are 17 x 7.5 (ET52)



I have a ball joint front end with CB dropped spindles and discs in porsche pcd. Originally I installed them with standard width beam and no spacers and I could hardly turn the steering wheel before the inner edge of the rim hit the trailing arm (lower).

So I had 20mm spacers machined (engineer approved as they were considered part of the brake conversion) - this fixed the turning circle problem, but then the outer edge of the tyre fouled the lip of the guard.

So then I had to narrow the beam 80mm and now all is well.

Anything is possible with time and money 🙂
Check out the www.germanlook.com/Forums site in the wheels section - may find some more help there.

[ Edited on 2-1-2006 by Dasdubber ]