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stella-honda5
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Location: California
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 Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:17 pm Post subject: Baja Bug Wheel Size |
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| Recently me and my dad have been building a 1972 baja bug. We have put 3" drop spindles in the front, and a 3" body lift. We were wondering what the best wheel option would be for a 4 lug pattern? |
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Brian
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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6" Lift? damn do you have a wide beam and 3x3 trailing arms?
There are a ton of options, 5x205 wheels have cooler options. EMPI makes some wheels that are okay. Stock wheels are great to use.
Also welcome to the samba and this is the wrong forum section. This thread will be moved eventually to the HBB forum.
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Multi69s
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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One of your limiting factors is whether you have the long torsion bars or the short? Another is going to be the fenders. If you have the long torsion bars, think around a 30" tire. If you have the short torsion bars, you can go bigger. However, depending on the fender type, you may destroy a fender when you bottom. So usually a 30" tire is considered a safe size to go with, after that, you really need to do some testing.
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