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bigdood2 Casual Dubber

22 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#742608
Hi All,
Does anyone know the correct rolling diameter for tyres that will keep the speedo accurate on a 75 bug.It has got 14'' hotwire rims with 195/75 tyres which are not all that common when it comes time for replacement.
Looking at the manual it is supposed to have 6.00 x 15 4 PR,what does this equate to in todays world?

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 ·

#742623
Hmm... pretty sure the original tyres (either 155 or 165) came out to something like 637mm OD.

Hopefully CT (fullnoise) will jump in - he's pretty much the guru on all things tyres !!!
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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#742793
165/80 kumho powerstar or michelins were the token bug tyres up till recently

i havent run stock rims for ages so i dunno what people are running these days as there pretty hard to come by 8 years ago when i tried looking


Daves right stock diameter is 645mm
u wont get near that with 14" tires
a mates Sbug has hotwires with 205/65 on which is close but it rubs like a mofo