Cars With "OG" Crestlines, Cal-Parts, & ETs

[JDGas]

Cal Parts andof Crestlines are a one piece aluminum wheel. ET's are a aluminum faced steel wheel. I am not sure about all the knockoffs.
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1959 Ragtop Beetle - sold
1958 Danish Beetle
1967 SO-42 West. - sold
1961 Sunroof Beetle - sold
1969 Sunroof Beetle

[vwrabbitjunkie]

So they are ET's then. Good to know.
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[Mike Fisher]

I had aluminum & magnesium Torque Thrusts and they were both one piece wheels.
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69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold

Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey

[ingenbremser]

my old 52 split, cal parts wheels , and 4 inch narrowed in front

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52 split

[vaughn bros.]

[Modifiedbrian]

Here's an update on my Cal Parts Westy

Here's what happened at a local tyre fitting depot last month

And the hole in the roof where the other half of the wheel went, when they were trying to sit the tyre.

Here's some pics of my new Cal Parts picked up from the Samba, delivered Friday. Started to clean them up

Old and new

Check out how much the old ones have been machined down in the past

Can anyone help with some DIY home tips on buffing up the rims more without a visit to a professional.

Cheers Brian Hi Jake!!!

[vaughn bros.]

[Modifiedbrian]

Nah this is a 2 piece Cal Part that needs some TLC

Laters

[ratlookvw]

[vaughn bros.]

[Modifiedbrian]

The relief point your talking about is the there on that wheel, its just that in the past that particular has been heavily machined to repair the face??

So before fitting these new wheels had to get the bolt holes drilled out to match my mag nuts

Standard the holes are 14mm but I had to get them machined out to 17.5mm.

[IMG]
Still not sure what caps to go with, whether to retain the original ally caps or put the super ET's i already had.

So here we are with the westy finally back on cal parts

[vaughn bros.]

[quote="Modifiedbrian"]

Fuck me thats wild as hell looking.

[JDGas]

[JDGas]

[quote="vaughn bros."]

[JDGas]

Up close look at the rear of Brian's bus. It took some planning to get these in there.

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1959 Ragtop Beetle - sold
1958 Danish Beetle
1967 SO-42 West. - sold
1961 Sunroof Beetle - sold
1969 Sunroof Beetle

[Modifiedbrian]

Typically, after buying the set of wheels I came across a guy who had a lock up in riverside and had 9 cal part wheels. He has said he's happy to part with one when I get some more cash.

On reflection I'm really happy t went for this set of wheels, but I will buy another wheel so that I have a complete spare set. At least now I have a spare wheel I can actually use.

So 4 weeks ago I went to get a new set of tyres which then lead to

Tyres £250
Cal part wheels £1000 ish
Import tax £250
new rear hubs & brakes £100
All new mag studs, washers & nuts £150
Temporary front wheels, spacers & bolts £150
Machine work on wheels £200
Switching tyres over £70

About £2,200 that didn't really have on my bus.

I've come to the conclusion that I shouldn't be pro-active with my bus as it always bites me in the ass.

Keep in touch Jake about those wheels.

[vaughn bros.]

670-15 and Cal Part's, rear.

[ratherb-buggin]

What lug nut / lug bolt torque specs are people going by? I have a set of torque thrust replicas on my bus and can't find any torque specifications. I am running lug bolts.

[Long-roofs]

My Cal-Parts have aluminum center caps, 3 of 4 do, anyone know if they are original?

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[vaughn bros.]