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 Quickbug
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| posted on January 14th, 2003 at 06:06 PM |
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Is There.......
17" or 18" wheels that fit the standard SuperBug stud pattern??
Or does it require the disk/drum conversion to another pattern???
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| posted on January 14th, 2003 at 10:27 PM |
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Not so easy young fella!  A lot of mags are cast to suit a particular
stud pattern size range, or a particular number of studs. It's also virtually impossible to change the offset on one-piece mag wheels, so you
need to start with something suitable, which drastically narrows the choice.
Kruizin Kol
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| posted on January 15th, 2003 at 06:37 AM |
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It requires drilling the wheel hubs, to suit the wheel stud pattern.
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| posted on January 15th, 2003 at 08:30 AM |
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hmmm there is another option....
hey quickbug,
i've been looking to do the same thing... and from what i can see there isn't really any sure fire EASY method of doing it...
HOWEVER: Simmons have a range of beetle (vw) studded wheels that go all the way up to 18".... u can get 17s as well... even all the way down to
15...
they come in the standard VW stud pattern and are a pretty good looking wheel...
below are the wheels you can get in 17 and 18":
please note although they show 5 stud.. the also come in 4 stud standard vw pattern. (ie: pcd 4x130)
i was quoted $696 per wheel for the first style... not including rubber fitment etc.. but they are a damn good 3 piece wheel and will not rub,
it's their specialty...
hope this help,
Yianni
oh btw... the $696 wass for EACH RIM... :cussing
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| posted on January 15th, 2003 at 12:12 PM |
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696 per RIM!!
Without rubber?!?
Damn!
thats almost 3k for the rims alone!!
:O:O
They do look nice tho...
*snicker*
Thanks for the info guys!!
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| posted on January 15th, 2003 at 01:14 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Quickbug
696 per RIM!!
Without rubber?!?
Damn!
thats almost 3k for the rims alone!!
:O:O
They do look nice tho...
*snicker*
Thanks for the info guys!!
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vw54: also told me that you can get them slightly cheaper for trade in or something from australias best tyre or something like that. it makes sense
to goto a retailer rather than straight to the factory as the factory would probably charge more...
Good Luck
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| posted on January 17th, 2003 at 10:13 PM |
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Then again thinking about it - 696 per rim as apposed to whole new brakes or redrilling hubs on top of the cost of a nice set of rims anyway...
Hmmmmmmmmmm doesnt seem so bad then.......
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| posted on January 18th, 2003 at 09:33 PM |
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Oh yeah lol id thought about tyre cost.
And my suspensions already done
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| posted on January 19th, 2003 at 12:04 AM |
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Richard at V-Force had some 17" fuchs, they were custom ones though, cost about 3k.
Jon
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