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john7
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Location: Garden grove ca
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| Crankey wrote: |
I found my riv's for sale here on the Samba 15 years after I sold the car they were on. they were in Oregon and I'm in Seattle.
maybe I shoulda bought them back ? 
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3 of those are riviera with the squares machined and polished off. the 4th wheel is a formula v wheel (the far right)
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Crankey
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may I ask how you know this ? they look exactly like the set I polished and painted back in...the 90's
it's possible I sanded off the raised squares as I didn't ever like them and had a hard time finding them for some reason. this pic as I mentioned was posted here from a seller in Oregon. I sold the ghia I had them on to someone at Bug Haus up here in Seattle so it's very possible they were sold at a bug in and went to Oregon. they were on a 71 yellow vert ghia.
heh, I guess I don't really dispute exactly what they were or even if the one unpainted wheel was part of my set.  |
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bcurrent9
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Location: Arkansas City, KS
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| Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| "thin lip" vs "fat lip" on the mags....I'm curious. What years? Why the two official versions? |
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john7
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the fat lip ones are a steel wheel with a mag/aluminum front half.
i have always seen them on 68-69 cars and the later all aluminum ones on 70-72 cars
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Aldavr6
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| I have a set with the squares on. How do I find out if they are magnesium or aluminum? |
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Aldavr6
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| I have a set with the squares on. How do I find out if they are magnesium or aluminum? |
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mountainkowboy
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I know this is an old thread, but I've found a set of the FV wheels in 15x5 and would like to know if anyone knows if they will clear Ghia calipers.
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61 BUS 
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| Does anyone know what style of lug nuts were originally used with these rims? Also, what size would they be? |
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I just had a set of these restored and I want to put them on my 66 Fastback, but am not sure what lug nuts I need. Anyone??
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mountainkowboy
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I went with 23mm lug bolts with a ball socket and there is about a 1.5mm stick out to the inside of the drums on a T1
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bkeith85
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| I picked up a set of the thin lip Formula Vees for my '68 Squareback. The stock lugs were too short; not enough thread engagement for my tastes. I just went to the junkyard and grabbed some from a new beetle. They are ball seat and about 5 mm longer than what I had. As posted above, they protrude about 1 mm into the drums and rotors. I could have bought new ones and spent $50 or more, but I got real VW ones for 50 cents each. |
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