Post your 16" or 17" wheels options with pics plea

wellcraft · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:32 am Post subject:

That looks sweet. Do u have a full side view picture?

What's the bolt patter and where did u buy them?

Any clearance or rubbing issues?

Any special mod, spacer, adapter or everything is stock (specs please:)?

What tires?

wellcraft · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:36 am Post subject:

What's the model number of those enkeis?

DesertBob · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:31 am Post subject:

Mine rolling on Porsche Turbo Twists. They are 17x7 et55.

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wellcraft · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:34 am Post subject:

Did u used adapters or did u replace the hubs with the correct bolt pattern?

From what year and porsche model are these?

They look really nice, are they flush with the fenders?

DesertBob · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:13 pm Post subject:

wellcraft · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:17 pm Post subject:

Any rubbing with any car parts?

How about turning circle, no problem?

Joel · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:31 pm Post subject:

THe thing with DesertBobs, slimpims and mine is they are all Supers which have a wider front track and more clearance for bigger wheels unlike standards which need a narrowed beam to get clearance back so you don;t lose too much turning circle.
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wellcraft · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:37 pm Post subject:

Gotcha, didn't know that detail.

Is the any way I could go wider without rubbing, maybe using some adapter, spacer?

Or I guess going with a wider beam, I wouldn't want. To go that route but just wondering. Would like to go cheapest way possible without compromising. Fenders is no issue for me as I will be working on that. I'm more concern with turning and rubbing.

i notice here are more possibilities going with wider wheels.

Joel · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:43 pm Post subject:

wider fenders and just wheels with the correct offset so spacers arent needed.
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wellcraft · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:45 pm Post subject:

So what would be the correct offset or how can I determine which one would be?

Thanks btw for helping.

jhicken · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:25 pm Post subject:

Here's a '50 split sporting 16's. Wink

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Joel · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:51 pm Post subject:

wellcraft · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 4:00 pm Post subject:

wellcraft · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:17 pm Post subject:

A friend of mine has a set of bbs rs 16x8 et11 but I guess this wouldn't work, right?

Joel · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:13 pm Post subject:

It's been more than a decade now since I last had a standard bug so I can't remember exactly fitment but with stock fenders you are pretty well limited to 7" wheels and a stock width beam around et35-40

Ideally to keep some turning circle a narrow beam and some et 25 ish wheels would be close to the mark.
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74supernewb · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:12 am Post subject:

So am i understanding this correctly, a 17 x 7 rim with 55mm offset will fit a super with little to no rubbing issues.

Joel · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:06 pm Post subject:

Depends what year super but regardless you will need narrow coil struts.

Et55 is ideal for 74+ 2 bolt but a 71-73 will need 1/2" spacers
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wellcraft · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:31 am Post subject:

Today I decided to try my 18" bbs lm wheels from my z to see how they look in the beetle and realized a problem I could encounter if I order wheels on line. The spindle
/nut sticks out a lot. I didnt think of this but if I order some new aftermarket wheels this could happend. So what do u guys are doing with this, wonder if the same would happens whit the the porsche wheels.

Pics of what im talking about. In the first pic is suppose to stick out like 1" more. Love how the car looks with these wheels.

The wheels im interested in are 17x7.5 et 42 and they are similar to this wheel. .

wellcraft · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:36 am Post subject:

This is the one im thinking of
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/direct/findWheel...amp;rw=7.5

Fiatdude · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:47 am Post subject:

@ wellcraft ---- that is why everybody is talking about offset and spacers to make the rims fit
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