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Bizarre - January 2nd, 2008 at 07:58 AM

I am after a spare wheel to fit in a super beetle
Preferably a steel one
"possibly" consider a cookie if it fits and is cheap enough - bit dont think it will fit

or

the details of some one who can make me one from a spare VW rim

Barry
Abbotsford, Sydney

GASBNR - January 2nd, 2008 at 08:19 AM

Barry, there was a guy at the Baccus March swap meet down here, from Sydney (I think) selling porsche space savers had a heap bout $150 If I'm correct....
How you get hold of him, I think I know someone who knows him....

Bizarre - January 2nd, 2008 at 08:46 AM

Excellent - That is the bloke i was thinking of. Exactly what i am after

Maybe Carter or some one knows him

1303Steve - January 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 AM

Hi Barry

It may have been Ashley, he can be hard to contact. Space savers often come up on Ebay. I really like spacer savers, they give you much more boot space. I have a pumped up type space saver in my daily car, its from a Mazda, I had a new centre put in it with 4 x 130, 5 x 130 & 5 x 100 patterns, so its very useful.

Steve

Bizarre - January 2nd, 2008 at 01:47 PM

Steve

Who did the centre for you??

and who is Ashley??

vw54 - January 2nd, 2008 at 01:52 PM

Give Boris a call he may have one there

1303Steve - January 2nd, 2008 at 02:13 PM

Hi Barry

Neals Wheels did the centre for me, I had the steel plate already made up for it. In my yellow car I had Porsche pump up type space saver because I really needed the room.

Ashley is always at swaps and used to have a black dog with a limp.

Steve

This is the one from my yellow car

Bizarre - January 2nd, 2008 at 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vw54
Give Boris a call he may have one there

Nuffin there

Quote:

Originally posted by 1303Steve
Ashley is always at swaps and used to have a black dog with a limp.

Ahhh....know who you mean

GTMac - January 2nd, 2008 at 06:18 PM

Barry when you find the guy or someone who does them, do a deal on 2 as I will eventually need one as well for the fasty.

Bizarre - January 2nd, 2008 at 07:43 PM

No worries

063bug - January 3rd, 2008 at 02:58 PM

Barry, when you do find one could you organise for 3 as I need one too.... or give me the contact details so I can source one. Thanks in anticipation.

Alan

GASBNR - January 3rd, 2008 at 05:25 PM

Steve, your mate John (with the light blue ghia) knows him

bond - January 3rd, 2008 at 07:42 PM

Quote:

063bug

posted on January 3rd, 2008 at 02:58 PM
Barry, when you do find one could you organise for 3 as I need one too.... or give me the contact details so I can source one. Thanks in anticipation.

Alan

Likewise please!

nick
0422 721 253

matara - January 3rd, 2008 at 07:48 PM

Steve C, any idea if the space saver will go on with 944 Brembo brakes on there as well?

Cheers

Steve

Special Air Service - January 3rd, 2008 at 07:49 PM

Barry,

I may as well jump on this band wagon as I need one also (narrow to fit in standard beetle spare wheel area)

Cheers
Brendan

1303Steve - January 3rd, 2008 at 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by empikg
Steve, your mate John (with the light blue ghia) knows him

Hi

Then that's Ashley for sure. As I said he can be hard to contact.

Mattara, I had no clearance issues with the Brembos on my yellow car, the Porsche space saver rims I have are both 16 inch.

There is few ways to go about this.

1. Find a 15 x 4 inch stock bug wheel and have a new centre welded in with the appropriate bolt pattern and get a nice skinny tyre to fit it.

2. Buy a deflated type space saver from a Porsche, these usually go for between 100 - 200 on Ebay. You then need to carry a tyre pump. They give you lots more boot space, but if you have a flat what are your going to do with the flat? I've heard of Porsche drivers calling cabs to get their flat tyre home.

3. Use a space saver from another car and have a new centre welded in, you can either get deflated type or permanently inflated type.

Buy the time you stuff around with 1 & 3, 2 is looking fairly cost effective.

Steve

vw54 - January 4th, 2008 at 05:47 AM

Just dont drive on roads where you will get a punture

Bizarre - January 4th, 2008 at 09:05 AM

Ashley!!.....Ashley!!

Calling Ashley!! :smilegrin:

Bizarre - January 30th, 2008 at 08:04 AM

Still looking

A few of us are.

Still VERY interested in contacting Ashley if anyone sees him

Calcool - January 31st, 2008 at 09:22 PM

Hi Guys,

Where were you all when I had 5 to sell?

The best place to go is a Porsche Spares specialist, that is where I got mine.

There is a place at North Paramatta called Exoticar, ask them for a Porsche Spare or Space Saver spare, all the ones I have ever owned were 15 by 6 and I just put a 135 on it and it fitted any spare wheel well.

Expect to pay at least $150 for one.

Cheers,

David

0418 117 622

PS I do not know exoticar or am anyway involved with them. Just trying to help out!

http://www.exoticar-parts.com

02 9890 5050

Bizarre - February 1st, 2008 at 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Calcool
There is a place at North Paramatta called Exoticar,

Expect to pay at least $150 for one.

That place has changed.

They want $400 for ONE wheel. :lol:

Man... for that price i just catch a taxi home

1303Steve - February 1st, 2008 at 08:43 AM

Hi Barry

Keep an eye on Ebay and http://www.porshads.com.au/ They come up from time to time.

Steve

bond - February 1st, 2008 at 08:58 AM

steve - awesome link! thankyou.

17" fuchs....

nick

1303Steve - February 1st, 2008 at 09:11 AM

Hi

No worries, its one of the sites that I check out every day to see what happening. I'm giving all my secrets away.

Steve

Bizarre - March 22nd, 2008 at 08:50 PM

well - finally caught up with Ashley

$150 gets you a good as new 15" x 5 1/2" steel wheel with one of those funny collapsed tyres
The one i got has never been used.

you need an electric pump to use it. :dork:

These are fine for my Super - dont know about a Standard beetle though

He has about 6 more of these

Barry

ian.mezz - March 23rd, 2008 at 02:21 PM

hay Bizarre hows it look pumped up??
I am getting some delived frm ash tooo as some one got all the one s he had at the Bug In.
B4 I got to buy one :lol: :lol:

Bizarre - March 23rd, 2008 at 08:54 PM

Hmmm..........wonder who else grabbed one
I only bought one and there was another one there.

Havent pumped mine up yet
Need to get a pump

Reckon these are good value compared to other alternatives

Then again - a $10 can of Fineleek has worked for keeping gremlins away for a while

1303Steve - March 23rd, 2008 at 09:55 PM

Hi

They look like dune buggy tyres pumped up. The people who own L bug with flowers at V Force bought one as well.

Steve

GASBNR - March 23rd, 2008 at 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bizarre
well - finally caught up with Ashley

$150 gets you a good as new 15" x 5 1/2" steel wheel with one of those funny collapsed tyres
The one i got has never been used.

you need an electric pump to use it. :dork:

These are fine for my Super - dont know about a Standard beetle though

He has about 6 more of these

Barry

Glad you got one, I need one now.....tough luck hey

Bizarre - March 24th, 2008 at 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 1303Steve
Hi

They look like dune buggy tyres pumped up. The people who own L bug with flowers at V Force bought one as well.

Steve

her car looks sweet/tough now

Flowers and 17" twist
Looks great