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Stock Rims
Smiley - May 13th, 2011 at 06:08 PM

Hey all.

Just wondering if stock wide 5 rims are 5" wide and 15" diameter??

Cheers!


Smiley :cool:

68AutoBug - May 13th, 2011 at 07:01 PM

I think they are 4.5 inches wide

or maybe 4 inches..

68 models had 4.5 inches and type 3s had the 5 inch rims..

Lee

psimitar - May 14th, 2011 at 03:16 PM

STD is 4.5J by 15 for a Bug :)

Joel - May 14th, 2011 at 04:13 PM

Bug rims till 72 were 15x4, then from 72 on they were 15x4.5

All wide 5 stock bug were 4" wide, lowlight kombis were wider 5"ish but they were only 14" though.

What confuses people is it goes to the bead, not the very outside edge so rims, especially alloys always seem about 1" wider when you measure them to the outside.

psimitar - May 15th, 2011 at 01:04 PM

Odd, cos I have a 58, 59 and 60 stamped rim that are 4.5J wide?

Joel - May 15th, 2011 at 01:11 PM

Theyre probably splitty rims.

Its pretty rare to find a car still on it's original rims these days, especially after half a century.

psimitar - May 17th, 2011 at 11:34 PM

as in split bug or split screen kombi?

The late stamped one is 67 :)