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 baybuscamperkid
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 09:13 PM |
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15inch stock steelies - why hasnt this been thought of?
was looking in VMA and noticed that the last generation brazilian bug has stock 15inch steel wheels with VW hubcaps on. i presume that all late bugs
have 14inch wheels (like the later busses) and i wondered why nobody has ever imported the Brazilian wheels to spice up the look of their bug a
little, while leaving it to apear basically stock, also would be good for those putting an early bug on a late pan, u can have wheels the right size
to match the body.
why hasnt anyone done this? why dont any of the companies that import brazilian components consider this?
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1303Steve
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 09:22 PM |
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Hi
Beetles had 15 x 4 and later ones had 15 x 4.5.
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on February 16th, 2004 at 09:37 PM |
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no beetle came with 14 inch, not too my knowledge
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 posted on February 16th, 2004 at 11:44 PM |
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Mexican Beetles - NLA
Yes,
ALL Beetles from the early 50's had 15 inch wheels. I know up to 1951 had 16 inch wheels. and the last Beetles in Production were Mexican
Beetles not Brazillian beetles. I asked an Importer why We never see Mexican VW spare parts and He said Its too difficult to get anything from Mexico
because of corruption... Most VW parts still come from Brazil, the USA & parts of Europe..
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| posted on February 17th, 2004 at 08:42 AM |
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I think he means widened 15in wheels. The pic in VMA showed the beetle ultima with some wide looking steelies, probably 5.5 or 6in wide judging by
the pics.
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| posted on February 17th, 2004 at 05:14 PM |
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my bad, i know very little about 70s beetles and just presumed they had 14inch wheels like the kombis. the mag did say somehting about the mexican
ones being wide though.
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