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 donn
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| posted on December 9th, 2010 at 03:22 PM |
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space saver
Planing a long trip in the bugeye wench, figure it would be smart to take a spare tyre / whee,l what car would have one to fit a 14 inch 4 stud, any
suggestions?
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Don
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by donn
Planing a long trip in the bugeye wench, figure it would be smart to take a spare tyre / whee,l what car would have one to fit a 14 inch 4 stud, any
suggestions?
Thanks
Don
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Nothing I can think of....
VW is 4 x 130mm
and normally 15 inch....
a space saver would get you out of trouble if it had the correct centre and holes...
but again
a couple of bottles of tyre stop leak [or whatever its called]
and a good small high pressure 12 volt compressor to pump the tyres up...
or an old 4 stud standard wheel and tyre... 15 inch...
don't forget a jack will be needed with a tyre/wheel... lol
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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 11:47 AM |
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I have measured the bolt / stud centres on my buggy and as near as I can measure them they are 93mm center to center between adjacent bolts, I have
some rims (14x6 mags) off a 73 L bug and they measure the same, surely both cars can't have the same non standard conversion, so am I measuring them
correctly? ie:- adjacent bolts, or are they measured between opposite bolts, that would seem strange to me as it would make it hard to measure a 5
stud wheel.
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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 12:24 PM |
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130mm is the PCD or pitch circle diameter of VW 4 stud Beetle hubs. The PCD will be the same as the distamce between the centres of diagonally
opposite bolts. I recon that is what you have.
130mm PCD is larger than anything common over here.
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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 01:17 PM |
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ARSO, they are measured so that the center of the bolts line up with a circle of a given diameter, that diameter being the PCD (in my case 130mm, give
or take, as I reckon closer to 132mm) so if it's "larger than anything common over here" why would I have two vehicles the same or probably more to
the point where is "over here"
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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 07:10 PM |
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Don,
you have a PM mate.
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| posted on December 10th, 2010 at 09:28 PM |
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You're not gonna find a space saver with 4x130
The only cars that ran that pattern were 4lug air cooled vws, porsche 914 and a couple of 70s models Lancias
Spare in a can is your best option
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by donn
I have measured the bolt / stud centres on my buggy and as near as I can measure them they are 93mm center to center between adjacent bolts, I have
some rims (14x6 mags) off a 73 L bug and they measure the same, surely both cars can't have the same non standard conversion, so am I measuring them
correctly? ie:- adjacent bolts, or are they measured between opposite bolts, that would seem strange to me as it would make it hard to measure a 5
stud wheel.
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[size=5]NOW WE GET IT DONN..
You have 5 stud wheels We were looking at 4 stud wheels lol
there were the odd car with that pattern back in the 50s...
besides the VW beetle and Kombi..
but the VW 5 stud wheel is the easiest to find.. lol
cheers
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| posted on December 11th, 2010 at 05:55 AM |
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Sorry Lee, you don't get it, I have 4 stud, reading back over my post I can see that it is a bit vague, only mentioned 5 stud as I couldn't figure
out how the stud centers were measured on a 5 stud if you measured opposite bolts.
Brenden, thanks for the offer, do you realy have 4 stud space saver?, if you do what car did it come off?.
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| posted on December 11th, 2010 at 08:49 AM |
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Don,
No not space saver, just have some 14 inch buggy wheels that would suit if it comes to the crunch.
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| posted on December 11th, 2010 at 09:12 AM |
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no good having one of those space saver wheels, if when it comes time to use it, your car body is sitting on the ground because the wheel is to small
 
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| posted on December 11th, 2010 at 10:26 AM |
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Another problem with space savers is 14" ones which are the most common don't clear VW calipers on the front as I found out
Had to get a 15" one
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