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my 1500. need help on wheel decision

vwrallycar - January 30th, 2013 at 04:36 PM

Hi all, heres a quick pic of my 1500 im currently rebuilding.
i'm having trouble deciding on wheels for it, so i need some opinions. The wheels im looking at are,
1. BRM's
2. Sprintstars.
3. 2 litre porsche.
planning on running 195/65/15 tyres.
if anyone can use photoshop and can fit those wheels to it please have a go.

Smiley - January 30th, 2013 at 04:40 PM

My vote goes for Sprintstars! But you know that already

Hurry up and get this thing done!

Smiley

Smiley - January 30th, 2013 at 04:50 PM

Also. So those of you know what wheels he is talking about. Here they are.
Everyone should vote for the Sprintstars!

BRMs

Sprintstars

2 Litre Porsche

Smiley

splitbus - January 30th, 2013 at 05:03 PM

I do like these https://www.classicveedub.com.au/cvd_new/part_detail.aspx?parts_id=15578

Special Air Service - January 30th, 2013 at 07:27 PM

what about 4 stud gasburners :tu:

Bizarre - January 30th, 2013 at 07:34 PM

yeah yeah - the 2 L Porsche :tu:

Super1302 - January 30th, 2013 at 07:48 PM

2 Litre porsche :tu:

1966 type 3 - January 30th, 2013 at 08:55 PM

Mate I love the original widened wheels with a nice cap. I had the identical car same colour with the widened wheels and it looks great still see it around Newcastle but he has painted them black and looks ok if not the sprintstars are my pick

beetleboyjeff - January 30th, 2013 at 09:21 PM

Yeah, go the sprintstars.

snitz - January 30th, 2013 at 10:39 PM

Ive bought Sprinstars for my wifes '70 beetle..Here's a pic of the wheel dummied up against the side of the car..

I like the Gasburners in 4x130 too..So much Im buying a set of them too..ha ha!.

ClockworkMonkey - January 31st, 2013 at 12:22 AM

I vote BRMs

nils - January 31st, 2013 at 04:47 AM

Might i throw another suggestion your way? I just bought these for the baja from a mob i brisbane named koya. Custom bolt pattern and offsets, in a 6.5 or 7.5 rim. black or gunmetal center $900 delivered to newcastle. They are only 15's and look like the old empis with a new flare.

sander288 - January 31st, 2013 at 09:45 AM

My vote is for the sprint star wheels; below is bugselecta; not photoshop but it gives an idea

http://www.typ-17.de/media/content/bugselecta.htm

pete wood - February 7th, 2013 at 03:31 PM

Quick question; what do you want to do with the car? Race, daily drive or show pony? I would have thought figuring that out will help you.

Personally I like the 4 bolt gasburners, but 2litre wheels also look awesome. :cool:

rickp - February 7th, 2013 at 08:51 PM

+1 for the gas burners.. :cool:

theVman - February 7th, 2013 at 11:40 PM

vwrallycar - February 11th, 2013 at 09:25 AM

thanks for the input everyone, its a tough decision. i really like the 2 litre wheels.
im going to use the car mainly for bitumen motorsport now, and i really want to take it to the drags at Warwick, maybe not this year but perhaps 2014.
Vman, can you put the 2 litre porsche wheels on my car. the brms look awesome but are the 5 stud ones unfortunately.

theVman - February 11th, 2013 at 11:11 PM

pete wood - February 13th, 2013 at 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by vwrallycar
thanks for the input everyone, its a tough decision. i really like the 2 litre wheels.
im going to use the car mainly for bitumen motorsport now, and i really want to take it to the drags at Warwick, maybe not this year but perhaps 2014.
Vman, can you put the 2 litre porsche wheels on my car. the brms look awesome but are the 5 stud ones unfortunately.

I'd suggest you stick with what you've got now then. Get it going and once you know what you need, then upgrade. Most of these wheels are not going to be ideally suited to motorsport anyway. They'll all be a bit on the heavy side. Keep an eye out for some genuine porsche 2 litre wheels.

vwrallycar - February 13th, 2013 at 09:32 PM

Pete, im not really worried about the weight, i have enough HP to overcome that, well enough for now. I only plan on doing some motorkhanas.
It's going to be nice when its finished but no show car.
The wheels that are on it at the moment are 7" rims and 2 of them are an inch outside the guards so i want to stay with the 5.5" rims. i already have a set of Empi 8's that used to be on it, but they are now on my super.