Subject: 8 inch wide rear rims in Wide 5's pattern for a 63 beetle
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posted on August 1st, 2013 at 09:00 AM
8 inch wide rear rims in Wide 5's pattern for a 63 beetle
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Anyone know or has run 8 wide rears on a 63 beetle currently running stockies on 165's and looking to go wider without any panel work etc. The car
currently sits 2.5 inch lower than standard
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posted on August 1st, 2013 at 08:18 PM
205/60s or maybe 215/55 is the widest tyre you can squeeze under a std rear arch and they would fit 6.5wide rim.
The other concern is trying to find an 8 inch wide rim to weld the wide 5 centre into. Been a fair few 14inch wide 5s done like this but not seen a
15inch wide 5 over here and banding is illegal in Oz.
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posted on August 1st, 2013 at 09:18 PM
I think there are some on ebay at the moment but cant comment on their construction
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posted on August 2nd, 2013 at 08:06 AM
Yuo probably would be able to squeeze a 8" rim on your car, there a few problems that you will run into, if it is a steel rim the increase in
unsprung weight will cause a reduction in ride quality and possibly the handleing will suffer, being a light car they do not like a heavy wheel, and
tyre combination, the two photos show a my convertable which is a long axle car fitted with a 8.5" porsche wheel and a 255-45-17 tyre, the tyre just
touched the trailing arm bolts but would probably rub on the guard, the next photo shows the same car with a porsche 7" rim fitted with a 225-50=16
tyre, both wheels have a ET of +40mm, find how much shorter the axles are on a early car compaired to a late car and take it of the ET, this will be
the offset for your car, a 7" rim will fit comfortably under the standard guard with a 225 or even a 235 tyre.
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