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wheel sizes and legalities????
dak dak ute - June 29th, 2004 at 07:47 PM

hey anyone out there able to tell me the Overall diameter of a stock beetle wheel and tyre???
and what are you allowed to do do legally for tyre sizes in QLD???
i was told by a guy that does mod plates that it is 17% bigger or smaller that you are allowed to go

barls - June 29th, 2004 at 08:28 PM

15x 4.5 rims but i can not remember the tire size exactly but its close to 60 or 65 series 175

dak dak ute - June 29th, 2004 at 08:41 PM

i need overall tyre diameter, so i can work it the biggest tyres i can legally run

barls - June 29th, 2004 at 08:47 PM

i know that ive got 15 x5.5 rims and 205/70 tires and they stick out of the guard on both a sbug and a 70 1500

type82e - June 29th, 2004 at 08:54 PM

I think od is 650 mm thats for a 165/80-15
marcel

dak dak ute - June 29th, 2004 at 09:01 PM

sweet, thanx, it is for a baja bug, just tryin to work out what size tyres i can run legally

Dannyboy - June 29th, 2004 at 09:29 PM

Got told that the ratio on width is 70/100. So say a 145 and a 165 would just be okay but really i'm screwed running 135's and 195's even though the actual height is okay the rears are to wide. Don't know on size of rims i.e 16's whatever. On a Baja you'll screwd aswell i'd think. Maybe a Baja owner can throw some light on it? Don't worry about it!

Dan:)

dak dak ute - June 29th, 2004 at 09:32 PM

as far as i can figure i can run 235/75's allround and still be legal height wise, and in qld u arent allowed to change your wheel track by more then an inch, so 6inch rims should still be within these limits....... but still unsure how all this tyre sizing will affect insure in the case of an accident

Dannyboy - June 29th, 2004 at 09:42 PM

Easiest way is to tell them , i have and it didn't make any difference on price of my insurance.

Dan:)

5PL1TDCS10N - June 30th, 2004 at 12:01 AM

This will tell you all you need to know fellaz...(!)W


http://www.s-series.org/htm/calc/tiresizeconv.htm 

Desert Moose - June 30th, 2004 at 04:02 AM

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Originally posted by dak dak ute
as far as i can figure i can run 235/75's allround and still be legal height wise, and in qld u arent allowed to change your wheel track by more then an inch, so 6inch rims should still be within these limits....... but still unsure how all this tyre sizing will affect insure in the case of an accident


Umm track has got nothing to do with height of the tyre. Its the width of the car from center of tyre to center of tyre. So 6in will go over unless you get offset wheels then a 235/75x15 will hit the body. but you can go to 215x15 (215/80) there the same diameter but a little smaller.

dak dak ute - June 30th, 2004 at 08:09 AM

its a ute and has no arse on it, so i dont have to worry bout it hitting