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| posted on August 11th, 2008 at 11:44 AM |
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Stud off set 73 Beetle
hey all,
i was wondering if anyone new what offset the wheel studs are on a 73 beetle??
are they the same as any of the early ford or holdens??
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| posted on August 11th, 2008 at 11:48 AM |
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Hi
Do you mean the PCD of the wheel studs, its 130 mm, I think the only other car with same pattern is an old Skoda.
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| posted on August 11th, 2008 at 05:48 PM |
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only other car with that pattern apart from KG and type3 are Lancia fulvia
and there aint many of them left around
most ppl like me just change to a modern car stud pattern
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| posted on August 11th, 2008 at 05:55 PM |
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and 4 stud Porsche
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| posted on August 11th, 2008 at 09:19 PM |
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Uh, offset, PCD or pitch of the threads on the studs?
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| posted on August 11th, 2008 at 10:43 PM |
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ok yes yes porsche 914 but its badged as a volkswagen anyway 
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| posted on September 27th, 2008 at 10:04 AM |
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Sorry about poking this old thread, but how does one go about changing the stud pattern anyway?
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| posted on September 27th, 2008 at 01:46 PM |
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Well the best way is to get new discs or drums that don't have the holes already in them (known as blanks) and have them drilled and studs put into
whatever pattern you want.
It is technically possible to redrill standard discs or drums, or to get adapter plates that convert from say wide-5 to 5x130, but I'm pretty sure
both those ways aren't considered road-legal anymore.
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| posted on September 28th, 2008 at 09:47 PM |
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Yes - that is what i did for my Porsche wheels.
New blank rotors and drums drilled for new whell pattern.
Care needs to be taken though as you can get blank drums and rotors but they are ribbed for a 4 bolt pattern.
So when you drill a 5 bolt pattern you are drilling into thin material.
The ones i got (through V Force) are uniform thickness all over - so even if you drill an 8 bolt pattern it is correct thickness all the way round
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| posted on September 29th, 2008 at 05:49 PM |
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yea many benefits in fitting 2 patterns gives u more choice
i went 4x100 which is nearly all small front wheel drive cars from late 80s onwards but if i do it again ill go 5x100 vw/subaru and 5x114.3 falcon,
magna, toyota etc
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| posted on September 30th, 2008 at 09:06 AM |
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Hi
Im using 5x100 on my daily, the biggest problem is fitting the front grease cap and rear axle nut into some of these wheels.
They don't fit very well, the rear axle nut hangs out and the grease cap needs to be slimmed down to fit in.
Most Porsche wheels don't have this problem, Im not sure but 5x114.3 maybe better in this respect.
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| posted on October 3rd, 2008 at 05:55 PM |
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Very, very interesting. Thanks for that info.
In the case of my van, which uses studs and nuts as opposed to the bolts, what is easiest? get blanks drilled out to accept bolts, or somehow fitting
studs? Wouldn't they need some sort of custom spline setup?
I'm just exploring all options here. I like my steelies, but the options are painfully limited.
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