| Author |
Message |
Zylinderkopf
Samba Member
Joined: September 09, 2012
Posts: 679
Location: SE Oklahoma
|
 Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 4:27 pm Post subject: 15 Inch Wheels from TTS |
 |
|
I see the Thing Shop has 15" Thing wheels on sale. Unfortunately they are reproductions. Has anyone bought these and can give me an idea what to expect in terms of quality? I know there are other 15" wheel options out there, but I like the stock look of these.
Thanks
http://www.thethingshop.com/PAINTED-WHEEL-15-X-5-1_2/productinfo/601025CH/
_________________
1963 Beetle
1966 Beetle 1300
1970 Karmann Ghia Coupe
1971 Super Beetle
1974 Thing
"A lot of people never use their initiative because no one told them to." |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Joe 20
Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2005
Posts: 655
Location: Ohio
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: 15 Inch Wheels from TTS |
|
|
| I do not own them, but pretty much anything from TTS is quality from my experience. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mondshine
Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2006
Posts: 2770
Location: The World's Motor Capital
|
| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: 15 Inch Wheels from TTS |
|
|
ZK-
Looks pretty good to me. The wheels look "stock", and having 15" wheels opens up lots of possibilities for disc brakes and many more choices for tires.
There's really only one disc brake kit compatible with the original 14" Thing wheels; the CSP kit. Very high quality, but somewhat expensive. Brake pads for the CSP's European Delco calipers are not as readily available as those for standard VW calipers used by many aftermarket disc brake kits.
14" tires, though very popular in the past, are becoming rare. There are many more 15" tire choices.
So if you need wheels and tires anyway, I would go 15".
Good luck, Mondshine |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
hobie16
Samba Member
Joined: July 26, 2013
Posts: 244
Location: Maui
|
| Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2016 12:52 pm Post subject: Re: 15 Inch Wheels from TTS |
|
|
| mondshine wrote: |
| Brake pads for the CSP's European Delco calipers are not as readily available as those for standard VW calipers used by many aftermarket disc brake kits |
cip1 has them.
http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C31%2D698%2D151%2D000
_________________
Don't be fooled by appearances. In Hawaii, some of the most powerful people look like bums and stuntmen.
--- Matt King
If anything’s going to happen, it’s going to happen out there.
---Captain Ron |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Dan Scully
Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2013
Posts: 15
Location: So Cal
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Captain Spalding
Samba Member
Joined: February 19, 2005
Posts: 2519
Location: . . . in denial.
|
| Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: 15 Inch Wheels from TTS |
|
|
| Remember to check the backspace before you buy. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
