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aussierust66 Samba Member
Joined: March 27, 2015 Posts: 17 Location: tasmania, australia
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 2:22 am Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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Just an update, sorry for the shocker of a pic,
15x4 with 145/65
15x7 with 195/60
Cut and turned beam, drop spindles and re-indexed adjustable spring plates
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Bret Young Samba Member
Joined: August 26, 2006 Posts: 756 Location: Turlock, CA
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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Time to post updated photos of my wheels to this thread.
Freshly powdercoated 16" widened smoothies. 16x5 front, 16x7 rear. Using original split bug centers.
Don't have pictures with the body on yet. 185/55 tires up front, 215/60's out back. |
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awalls Samba Member
Joined: March 21, 2005 Posts: 128 Location: Beaverton, OR
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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Stock up front with 135r15
15x7 in the rear with 205/60/15
_________________ '64 Bug
'58 Kombi |
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Cali_Army_Guy Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2015 Posts: 2094 Location: Stockton, CA
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:16 am Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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_________________ 2015 VW Passat Wolfsburg Edition
1966 VW Beetle - Sold |
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Jak3-719 Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 87 Location: Colorado Springs
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 4:16 am Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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This was my 66, miss it
15x4/15x8
135s front Coker whitewall
195/60/15 rear Coker whitewall
2" narrowed beam
Bugzylla 2.75 drop plates in rear
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big fat whitewalls Samba Member
Joined: April 16, 2006 Posts: 473 Location: Sedalia MO. Formally San Fransisco Bay Area
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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That 66 looks amazing! Are those real whitewalls, or port-o-walls? I like the purple wheels! |
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Jak3-719 Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 87 Location: Colorado Springs
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 8:06 pm Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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big fat whitewalls wrote: |
That 66 looks amazing! Are those real whitewalls, or port-o-walls? I like the purple wheels! |
Thank you, sir! They are the real deal, bought them from Coker for a pretty penny. Never again, but I got it out of my system |
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sovereignsamba Banned
Joined: March 06, 2004 Posts: 2845
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:57 am Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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Not lowered to the point of being annoying to drive.
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jiri Samba Member
Joined: April 27, 2010 Posts: 10 Location: turku, Finland
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:15 am Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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Enkiel Samba Member
Joined: October 21, 2004 Posts: 2771 Location: Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:11 am Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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love the combo of green and black. _________________ 1964 Turkis Flipseat |
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jclark62 Samba Member
Joined: October 23, 2016 Posts: 12 Location: Danville,Va
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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awalls wrote: |
Stock up front with 135r15
15x7 in the rear with 205/60/15
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REALLY digging this _________________ "This will not stand, ya know, this aggression will not stand, man." -The Dude |
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Cali_Army_Guy Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2015 Posts: 2094 Location: Stockton, CA
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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:35 pm Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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Annnnd I just found my dream car. I love this!!! _________________ 2015 VW Passat Wolfsburg Edition
1966 VW Beetle - Sold |
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sovereignsamba Banned
Joined: March 06, 2004 Posts: 2845
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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I think its nice for a tricycle. I thought cars were designed to be driven, not layed out and made useless. Looks like a gutted fish that wont get eatn.. |
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Nikolodeon Samba Member
Joined: March 13, 2017 Posts: 41 Location: Fremont, CA
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 11:36 am Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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Who sells these wheels? They're cool. |
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FullFender Samba Member
Joined: October 25, 2014 Posts: 647
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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shane red wrote: |
I think its nice for a tricycle. I thought cars were designed to be driven, not layed out and made useless. Looks like a gutted fish that wont get eatn.. |
its a helluva lot nicer than any gutted fish I've ever seen
who cares what he does to his car give him some credit for doing something to it in the first place instead letting it rot in a field...
moving on |
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stizz Samba Member
Joined: April 14, 2013 Posts: 12 Location: SE MA
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 4:13 am Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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Not really smoothie s but 6.5 steelies 195/65 15 rear and smarts up front _________________ 66 beetle |
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Nikolodeon Samba Member
Joined: March 13, 2017 Posts: 41 Location: Fremont, CA
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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stizz wrote: |
Not really smoothie s but 6.5 steelies 195/65 15 rear and smarts up front |
where'd you get them? |
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enviousVWs Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2017 Posts: 15 Location: Rosemead, CA
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2017 2:47 pm Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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Before..
Front: 15x3.5 Centerline Bubbles with 125R's
Rear: 15x7 Centerlines with 185/60's
4647302-vw-beetle-wallpaper by Envious Touch, on Flickr
After..
Front: 15x4 (stock) Smoothies with 135R's
Rear: 15x8 Smoothies with 185/65's
DSC_3780smlvlogo by Envious Touch, on Flickr |
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jitbba Samba Member
Joined: August 20, 2013 Posts: 165 Location: San Antonio
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: Widened Smoothies Pictures |
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Here’s my 1960 with 15x6” all around with 185 65s
_________________ My other ride is a Zildjian |
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59Ragtopdriver Samba Member
Joined: May 15, 2019 Posts: 1 Location: California
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Posted: Sun May 19, 2019 5:10 pm Post subject: wheels and tires size |
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theastronaut wrote: |
Just mounted them yesterday. 4/5.5" with 145/165 and skinny Atlas portawalls.
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this one. |
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