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naylor_james Slammed & Awesome Dubber

77 posts · joined Aug 2010 ·

#802704
without the car here to measure it all up and check myself, i see that people have fitted up to 18" x 8 on a type 3 wagon (becs 13b roatary) i have a lovely set of wheels i am interested in but rather than a 42mm offset these american wheels come with offset described as backspace as either 4.25inches or 4.5 inches ackspace...considering becs car uses 42mm backspace will either the 4.25 or 4.5 fit my wagon??? the wheels are 17 x 7 showwheels streeters..,
thanks again james

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#802729
naylor_james wrote:without the car here to measure it all up and check myself, i see that people have fitted up to 18" x 8 on a type 3 wagon (becs 13b roatary) i have a lovely set of wheels i am interested in but rather than a 42mm offset these american wheels come with offset described as backspace as either 4.25inches or 4.5 inches ackspace...considering becs car uses 42mm backspace will either the 4.25 or 4.5 fit my wagon??? the wheels are 17 x 7 showwheels streeters..,
thanks again james
yIKES james..
they are some BIG wheels...

remember that some wheels and tyres are only used for showing purposes...

plus people pay large amounts to have the car modified to fit large or wider wheels and tyres....

They do look great...
but depending where You live...
driveways are a curse....
dips in the road etc....
and comfort going over rough roads...
and I don't mean gravel roads... but sealed roads...

best of luck....

LEE

PS: I have 6 inch wide wheels on mY beetle and have lots of front tyre problems.. when turning and dipping at the same time.... Best to have the car there to fit new wheels etc..


PLUS lowering the car makes is difficult again...
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

oztype3 Commited Dubber

71 posts · joined Sep 2010 ·

#805051
if you wanna run wide wheels
narrow your front beam and you can also cut into the guard,

if you take out the headlight in the guards cut a semi circle and make a shallow bugle.. so you have more room for your tyres to move

STIDUB Over it.

1,497 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#805063
kinda unrelated, but that sizing is perfect if you have a strut bug with 2" wider guards 👍

at risk of offending people, a type3 with pumped/rolled guards could be interesting, not torana style, more like... R34 GTR or something...
Volkswagen Drivers Club of Queensland - member 🙂

STIDUB - yep its still a work in progress

Vwdcq club car racing/ and crashing while my bug isn't finished.

The above are personal views, no more, no less

vicelore Officially Full-On Dubber

254 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#805130
Good luck with those wheels.. Iv had big issues with a 15x4.5.

Will be interested in seeing what you come up with..

Cheers Vice
Currently driving my 1st VW.. 67 type 3 1600..And loving it..

mackaymanx Custom Title Time!

1,611 posts · joined Jan 2006 ·

#805162
vicelore wrote:Good luck with those wheels.. Iv had big issues with a 15x4.5.

Will be interested in seeing what you come up with..

Cheers Vice
? I'm a bit confused 15 x 4.5 is the standard rim size for the type 3 (ET 41/5 x 205 and ET 45/4 x 130). Did you use mags which changed the offset?
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vicelore Officially Full-On Dubber

254 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#805166
Yup offset change.. Check my members page.

Cheers Vice
Currently driving my 1st VW.. 67 type 3 1600..And loving it..