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Chevy432
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 Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 11:23 am Post subject: 1980 Rabbit wheel size |
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I need some winter rims for my winter tires I just picked up and I found a set of 4 off of a Honda Civic (4x100). Will these fit in my mk1 rabbit?
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glutamodo 
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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| From what I've heard, the Honda hub (center hole) size is smaller than VW. You can fit VW rims to a Honda, but not the other way around. |
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TDCTDI
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| glutamodo wrote: |
| From what I've heard, the Honda hub (center hole) size is smaller than VW. You can fit VW rims to a Honda, but not the other way around. |
This is correct.
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vanagonjr
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| Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 4:53 pm Post subject: Re: 1980 Rabbit wheel size |
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You could have the rims bored, at least if they are alloys - not sure how much meat there is on a steel wheel. The center bore for the VW is supposedly 1mm larger - research to be sure, but that sounds right from my days of auto crossing VW;s and owning Hondas,
Lots of the Vanagon guys have the centers bored out on other brands (like MB) alloy rims. Note the Vanagon is not hub centric, so the bore is not real critical, I have no idea about the Rabbit.
Perhaps cheaper just to find some other VW rims.
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glutamodo
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| Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 7:09 pm Post subject: Re: 1980 Rabbit wheel size |
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| Watercooled are hub-centric, the centering hub is pretty important. |
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vanagonjr
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