"What wheels fit?" The ultimate wheel post.

FamilyBug · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:39 pm Post subject:

I'm in the process of purchasing a 1980 Westfalia and I have a set of 17" Enkeis off of my 90 GLI. I was wondering if they would work. they are a four lug pattern.

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70coupyel · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 3:38 pm Post subject:

cmarino929 · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2014 6:37 pm Post subject:

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vanagonia · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:49 pm Post subject:

Looks like these wheels will fit, but just wanted to get a second opinion on the matter.

Looking to go with either Nokians or BFG all terrains...

Ideas?

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/bnc/pts/4518116561.html

Christopher Schimke · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:53 am Post subject:

FamilyBug · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:48 am Post subject:

nblaauw · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 5:49 pm Post subject: right wheels? good price?

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/pts/4543446573.html

seem good...thoughts?

vanagonia · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 1:42 am Post subject:

KDI_CUSTOMS · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:49 am Post subject:

[quote="cmarino929"]

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ThankYouJerry · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:33 pm Post subject:

^^^GoWesty just released 16"x7" wheels this week that look like those: http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=24092&category_id=253&category_parent_id=
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Kombi///M3 · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:52 pm Post subject:

What kind of wheels are these?
Will 205/70/15 ok on lowered van?
Thanks.

Figured it out.
GM enkei wheels.
5x115
Tires a tad tall for my van.
No good.
Cheers.

OddN · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:01 am Post subject:

[quote="KDI_CUSTOMS"]

lemm0 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:51 am Post subject:

Hello!
Do these wheels fit: 7x16 ET31/33?
thanks.

rym · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:06 pm Post subject:

I've got some mid 90's mercedes C220 rims here... they are 15x6.5, ET37
I'm wrapping them in 215/75R15 BFG A/T's.

Reason for this is I plan to install smallcar big brakes for the front and from discussions with SC, looks like these will fit, as the smallest inside dia. of the rim is about 13 1/8" and they reportedly need 13".

I couldn't bolt on the C220 rim, since the wheel bolt holes are 12mm (i assume that also means small ball seat) so just held it there against the hub to check rubbing.

The Rim (with 205 tire to be discarded) sits flush with hub and doesn't rub - but I'll be grabbing some 3/8" spacers from CIP1 just in case there is an issue with the clearance with new big brakes.. (I’ll do the brake install at some yet to be determined location in NE Washington, so don’t have luxury of mail-ordering spacers on the spot if I need them. – Anyone have a driveway I can use between Blaine and Burlington??)

Now I'm trying to get lug bolts to run the tire/rim until I install the SC brakes (the SC brakes have M14x1.5 60mm studs). Unfortunately the SC-supplied Lug nuts are (so they tell me, haven’t received it yet) tapered seat.

So I need to buy 14x1.5, small ball seat (12mm radius seat?) lug bolts for use until I install big brakes (shank length to be determined..)
Then I need to buy 14x1.5 small ball seat lug nuts for after I install the SC brakes.

Is this all correct??

I certainly have to drill out the lug holes to 14mm, which I can do myself, but would it be worth looking into getting the rim seats bored to tapered seat?? 1st problem, I don’t know who/where to get to do that.. and while I’m comfortable drilling out the holes from 12-14mm, I’m outside my level of comfort drilling the seat to taper (ie. potentially removing material in the axial direction of the bolts)
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rym · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:28 pm Post subject:

FYI... I tried on some nice Mercedes S-class ronal W220 rims on the front. They were mentioned at the bottom of the first page of this thread.
16x7.5 ET46 Man they looked great.

Rims touched at upper ball joint so couldn't bolt them on, needed spacers of course.

The lug shank length required is considerably more, my ~20mm stock steel rim lug bolts seated perfectly but were ~6mm shy of even coming out the other side of the rim. So you would need lug bolt shank length of 20mm+6mm+spacer(15 min.)+thread engagement length (14?) = 55mm

I measured gap between hub and rim at about 1/4-3/8", so 3/8" spacer would only remove contact, thus I figured 15mm spacer would be safer, 20mm better. (correct me if i'm wrong)
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rym · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:31 pm Post subject:

Does a small ball seat R12…M14x1.5 lug bolt even exist? Tire shops around Vancouver are of no help.

I looked into changing the wheel lug seat at pantherwheels.ca in surrey. Holy crap. $20 per hole to instllo either the tapered or large ball seat inserts. They didn't care if I drilled the 12 mm to 14mm or they do it, same price.
So that's $100 a wheel! Yikes. Not going that route.
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