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 hippiechick
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| posted on November 15th, 2004 at 03:40 PM |
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Wheels
Hi everyone
I am nearing the end of a painfully long rebuild project. The next hurdle is finding wheels to fit! It is a 1960 vw beetle, with flared guards, so I
want to fit wider wheels (say 8"), ideally off-set, so as to fill the flares. To make it trickier, it has the original wide 5-stud pattern....
I know you can get 'adaptor plates' but have also heard rumours these are illegal (are they? the only info I can find is that 'spacer plates' are
'not permitted'. An adaptor plate isn't strictly speaking a spacer plate, but I think that may be too fine a distinction...). Any ideas at all
would be appreciated.
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 barls
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| posted on November 15th, 2004 at 03:51 PM |
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the big question is do you want to keep the same stud pattern or do you want to change it to have a wider range
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hippiechick
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| posted on November 15th, 2004 at 03:59 PM |
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It has to stay the same, as redoing the brakes and suspension etc is out of the question.
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barls
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| posted on November 15th, 2004 at 04:05 PM |
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that limits your options a bit but should still be do able. most of the vw mags are 5.5 or 6 inch. but the empi 8 spokes have an offset that is
greater than stock and with wide guards mine sit just inside the guards by an inch
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| posted on November 15th, 2004 at 04:29 PM |
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If you want to use wheels and not mags you can get them in almost any size only drawback is most of the widend wheels are 14inch instead of the stock
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