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FunkyOldPatina
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 Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 3:44 am Post subject: Were bug 16" wheels ever 3" wide? |
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Hi all,
I've seen what may be a 16" split bug wheel but it has the marking 3,00 x16 on the rim, as well as 205-5-33-1.
The only other pic I've found for a 16" wheel was 3,50D x16 marking.
Would this make it a beetle wheel as it may have come from another similar era car eg. an Opel?
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peter schepens
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 4:38 am Post subject: Re: Were bug 16" wheels ever 3" wide? |
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Split is 3x16 inch.
Barndoor is 3.50x16
Opel and Matador is 3.25x16; look simular bit is not.
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FunkyOldPatina
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 4:47 am Post subject: Re: Were bug 16" wheels ever 3" wide? |
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Thanks for the quick reply Peter.
Does the number: 205-5-33-1
refer to a build date do you know?
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ZENVWDRIVER
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| Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 6:05 pm Post subject: Re: Were bug 16" wheels ever 3" wide? |
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| peter schepens wrote: |
Split is 3x16 inch.
Barndoor is 3.50x16
Opel and Matador is 3.25x16; look simular bit is not.
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... And Pre-A is 3.25 fits great., with slots.
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peter schepens
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| Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:58 am Post subject: Re: Were bug 16" wheels ever 3" wide? |
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| FunkyOldPatina wrote: |
Thanks for the quick reply Peter.
Does the number: 205-5-33-1
refer to a build date do you know?
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205 is the distance between wheel bolts, 5 is the amount of bolts. The setup on early vws is known as wide 5 or 205x5 . I think that 33/1 is the ET value.
That last part, I do not know, Is a wild guess on that.
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