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Q-Dog
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Yessong
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When I was hot to use my Ford rims and had a few sets of adapters that were billed as VW 4 to Ford 5 only to find they didn't work. I did spend some time calling places...best explanation I got was that two of the studs are too close to make it work...when I compared my 4 lug VW to the pattern in my 1980's Ford rims I found that could be the case.
As a previous poster noted - Ford might've changed their patterns a few times - perhaps I just have the bad pattern:
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HeidelbergJohn4.0
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It's a little tricky, but I've used one of these I have for my trailers on my bugs. It only weighs a couple pounds and doesn't take up much space. beats a shut out. I still prefer a plug kit and a decent compressor which lets you play with air pressures in the sand anyway.
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mrblyoung
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The aluminum jacks came in most 911/944/951/996/etc... Porsche cars of the past 25 years - http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=porsche+aluminum+jack - there are usually a half dozen or so for sale on Fleecepay...
I like the foam wheel insert jack & tool storage dealio from the Cayman/Boxster/911 of recent years - http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-PORSCHE-CARRERA-B...mp;vxp=mtr
There are also some really slick Porsche aluminum spare wheels that the 356 Outlaw crowd loves for use as road wheels (thus, driving up the price of spare rims...) -
 - these are 944 Turbo spare wheels -
p/n 951.362.131.00 which is silver while the p/n 951.362.131.01 is red. - 16 ROUND holes and stamped w/ 5.5 X 15 ET30 and the p/n. - 
I've considered adding a set of these to my '71 SB convertible for my son or installing a set on an early '60's Beetle with gray painted body & satin finish on rims...
bryan |
Just wanted to put this out there that I have 7 of these rims currently for sale. Bought them to put them on my lowered bug but bought a split window bus and its keeping its stock rims and the bug will be sold once its on the road. Just selling these to finance the restoration.
Just an FYI if anyone is interested in picking up a set. |
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Russ
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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| didget69 wrote: |
The aluminum jacks came in most 911/944/951/996/etc... Porsche cars of the past 25 years - http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=porsche+aluminum+jack - there are usually a half dozen or so for sale on Fleecepay...
I like the foam wheel insert jack & tool storage dealio from the Cayman/Boxster/911 of recent years - http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-PORSCHE-CARRERA-B...mp;vxp=mtr
There are also some really slick Porsche aluminum spare wheels that the 356 Outlaw crowd loves for use as road wheels (thus, driving up the price of spare rims...) -
- these are 944 Turbo spare wheels -
p/n 951.362.131.00 which is silver while the p/n 951.362.131.01 is red. - 16 ROUND holes and stamped w/ 5.5 X 15 ET30 and the p/n. -
I've considered adding a set of these to my '71 SB convertible for my son or installing a set on an early '60's Beetle with gray painted body & satin finish on rims...
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so i bought a set of these for my beetle and am going to machine the extra holes in them but for the life of me i cant get the tires off
do i just cut them off? any help is great thanks
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mrblyoung
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| Yup. Just cut them off. |
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Ed Chenal
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| Since most of my buggy mileage is off-pavement, I carry a 135 x 15 spare tire mounted on a stock VW wide five wheel. I've used it twice and loaned it twice. If my unrepairable flat is on the back, I move a front tire to the back and put the spare on the front. The front tires are 205 75 x 15. I carry a small sissors jack, a Gorilla Wrench, air pump and tire plugs. This may not be necessary for your buggy use but it works for me. |
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