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Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:08 am

i have bbs 15x7 wheels and want to install them on my beetle. i want to know if i can install these tires on the wheels 185x65x15.

Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:15 pm

the tires will fit on the wheels.

Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:41 pm

have you ever done it, or you know some one how done it ?

i want to drill the stock drum for the new lug, the wheels comes with 4x100 .

thank`s

Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:12 pm

sorry for the late reply. My friends do this all the time. Its called tire stretching, and results in less side to side flex of the tire, and allows you to fit lower offset wheels. 185/65 on a 7 inch rim is not an agressive stretch at all.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp?make=Bridge...865HR5G009
recommends a 6.5" max, but it will be fine.

Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:36 pm

thank you for the tire answer.

do have any ideas for fitting the wheels on the stock drum or i should buy adubtor for these wheels.

Wed Aug 08, 2007 6:46 pm

you have 3 options,
1. have someone redrill your drums
2. buy some that are already drilled
3. adapters

Measure your drum to fender clearance and then the wheel offsets, and see how much space you have to play with. I would only run adapters if they also served the function as a spacer to fill the fender better. Other than that i would do 1. or 2.

Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:47 am

but to dril the drum is a a bad idea , because the it should be on the same line of the old ones but the new holes is 4*100 and the old ones 4*130 so we have 15 mm between the center of the old hole th the new one . i think it is not strong . there is no need for spacer.

Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:44 am

Its not 15mm between the holes if you drill them 45degrees round the drum.
Really, I´d buy new, redrilled drums.

These wheels are for a BMW E30 right?

Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:19 pm

yes , these wheels from e30 i have new drum with 4*130mm they cost me around 180$ , to buy new drum with 4*100 they will cost me 780$ (shipping+tax) . so what can i do?
i should make adapter from 130 to 100 from aluminum or metal ?

Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:08 pm

Then maybe try to find a small engineering shop that can re drill your own drums.
I don´t know anything about adapters - sorry!

Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:24 pm

rubyparts wrote: yes , these wheels from e30 i have new drum with 4*130mm they cost me around 180$ , to buy new drum with 4*100 they will cost me 780$ (shipping+tax) . so what can i do?
i should make adapter from 130 to 100 from aluminum or metal ?

Why not try these? They would only be $320 for four of them.

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C23%2D501%2D110
http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C23%2D501%2D301

Thu Aug 09, 2007 5:03 pm

I do not know of anyone besides CSP that sells adapters to 4x100 and those are gunna be $$$$$.

best bet is to find a shop locally to redrill yours, or get the cip1.com ones suggested above

Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:03 am

there are many factors to consider here.

1st-- what year is you bug?
2nd- is it lowered? How much?
3rd-- if you run 15 x 7s, you probably don't want adapters.
they'll push the wheels out even more, may cause rubbing.
4th-- what's the off-set of the wheels?
5th-- what size tires you plan on running?

with more info it'll be easier to get a better idea of what you need to do.

I've purchased cip's drilled drums( 5x100 ) and they are good quality.

Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:57 pm

my car is 1969 swing axel the wheels 4*100 there is no problem with offset the car is not lowerd (standart hight) the ties that i want to install is 185/65/15 on the wheels 7 /15"