I am after a spare wheel to fit in a super beetle
Preferably a steel one
"possibly" consider a cookie if it fits and is cheap enough - bit dont think it will fit
or
the details of some one who can make me one from a spare VW rim
Barry
Abbotsford, Sydney
GASBNR ·
Barry, there was a guy at the Baccus March swap meet down here, from Sydney (I think) selling porsche space savers had a heap bout $150 If I'm correct....
How you get hold of him, I think I know someone who knows him....
Bizarre ·
Excellent - That is the bloke i was thinking of. Exactly what i am after
Maybe Carter or some one knows him
1303Steve ·
Hi Barry
It may have been Ashley, he can be hard to contact. Space savers often come up on Ebay. I really like spacer savers, they give you much more boot space. I have a pumped up type space saver in my daily car, its from a Mazda, I had a new centre put in it with 4 x 130, 5 x 130 & 5 x 100 patterns, so its very useful.
Steve
Bizarre ·
Steve
Who did the centre for you??
and who is Ashley??
vw54 ·
Give Boris a call he may have one there
1303Steve ·
Hi Barry
Neals Wheels did the centre for me, I had the steel plate already made up for it. In my yellow car I had Porsche pump up type space saver because I really needed the room.
Ashley is always at swaps and used to have a black dog with a limp.
Steve
This is the one from my yellow car
Bizarre ·
vw54 wrote:Give Boris a call he may have one there
Nuffin there
1303Steve wrote:Ashley is always at swaps and used to have a black dog with a limp.
Ahhh....know who you mean
GTMac ·
Barry when you find the guy or someone who does them, do a deal on 2 as I will eventually need one as well for the fasty.
Bizarre ·
No worries
063bug ·
Barry, when you do find one could you organise for 3 as I need one too.... or give me the contact details so I can source one. Thanks in anticipation.
Alan
GASBNR ·
Steve, your mate John (with the light blue ghia) knows him
bond ·
063bug
posted on January 3rd, 2008 at 02:58 PM
Barry, when you do find one could you organise for 3 as I need one too.... or give me the contact details so I can source one. Thanks in anticipation.
Alan
Likewise please!
nick
0422 721 253
matara ·
Steve C, any idea if the space saver will go on with 944 Brembo brakes on there as well?
Cheers
Steve
Special Air Service ·
Barry,
I may as well jump on this band wagon as I need one also (narrow to fit in standard beetle spare wheel area)
Cheers
Brendan
1303Steve ·
empikg wrote:Steve, your mate John (with the light blue ghia) knows him
Hi
Then that's Ashley for sure. As I said he can be hard to contact.
Mattara, I had no clearance issues with the Brembos on my yellow car, the Porsche space saver rims I have are both 16 inch.
There is few ways to go about this.
1. Find a 15 x 4 inch stock bug wheel and have a new centre welded in with the appropriate bolt pattern and get a nice skinny tyre to fit it.
2. Buy a deflated type space saver from a Porsche, these usually go for between 100 - 200 on Ebay. You then need to carry a tyre pump. They give you lots more boot space, but if you have a flat what are your going to do with the flat? I've heard of Porsche drivers calling cabs to get their flat tyre home.
3. Use a space saver from another car and have a new centre welded in, you can either get deflated type or permanently inflated type.
Buy the time you stuff around with 1 & 3, 2 is looking fairly cost effective.
Steve
vw54 ·
Just dont drive on roads where you will get a punture
Bizarre ·
Ashley!!.....Ashley!!
Calling Ashley!! 😁
Bizarre ·
Still looking
A few of us are.
Still VERY interested in contacting Ashley if anyone sees him
Calcool ·
Hi Guys,
Where were you all when I had 5 to sell?
The best place to go is a Porsche Spares specialist, that is where I got mine.
There is a place at North Paramatta called Exoticar, ask them for a Porsche Spare or Space Saver spare, all the ones I have ever owned were 15 by 6 and I just put a 135 on it and it fitted any spare wheel well.
Expect to pay at least $150 for one.
Cheers,
David
0418 117 622
PS I do not know exoticar or am anyway involved with them. Just trying to help out!
No worries, its one of the sites that I check out every day to see what happening. I'm giving all my secrets away.
Steve
Bizarre ·
well - finally caught up with Ashley
$150 gets you a good as new 15" x 5 1/2" steel wheel with one of those funny collapsed tyres
The one i got has never been used.
you need an electric pump to use it. 🤓
These are fine for my Super - dont know about a Standard beetle though
He has about 6 more of these
Barry
ian.mezz ·
hay Bizarre hows it look pumped up??
I am getting some delived frm ash tooo as some one got all the one s he had at the Bug In.
B4 I got to buy one😂😂
Bizarre ·
Hmmm..........wonder who else grabbed one
I only bought one and there was another one there.
Havent pumped mine up yet
Need to get a pump
Reckon these are good value compared to other alternatives
Then again - a $10 can of Fineleek has worked for keeping gremlins away for a while
1303Steve ·
Hi
They look like dune buggy tyres pumped up. The people who own L bug with flowers at V Force bought one as well.
Steve
GASBNR ·
Bizarre wrote:well - finally caught up with Ashley
$150 gets you a good as new 15" x 5 1/2" steel wheel with one of those funny collapsed tyres
The one i got has never been used.
you need an electric pump to use it. 🤓
These are fine for my Super - dont know about a Standard beetle though
He has about 6 more of these
Barry
Glad you got one, I need one now.....tough luck hey
Bizarre ·
1303Steve wrote:Hi
They look like dune buggy tyres pumped up. The people who own L bug with flowers at V Force bought one as well.
Steve
her car looks sweet/tough now
Flowers and 17" twist
Looks great
hellbugged ·
pump it up, it's amazing to watch them fall off the back of the rims, then come back to centre as it's almost done........pretty much pump up to about the same as a 165/65
the "brand stamp" actually winds it's way round and becomes part of the contact area with the tread pattern
they suprisingly feel quite good on the road............and being porsche, are rated to 100km/h
bugluv ·
Bizarre wrote:
1303Steve wrote:Hi
They look like dune buggy tyres pumped up. The people who own L bug with flowers at V Force bought one as well.
Steve
her car looks sweet/tough now
Flowers and 17" twist
Looks great
Thanks 😂😎 Glad to finally have a spare aswell!
1303Steve ·
Hi Sarah
I hope it wasn't a surprise present or anything.
Steve
bugluv ·
😀🙅No no it was presented to me when I got home that weekend 👍