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Drtrash
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 Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 8:14 pm Post subject: Need a spare |
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| So I'm a new thing owner and confused by alot of the PO upgrades but thats a different story, so the issue is it came without a spare, rims are 15" with 4 bolt conversion, i think i have read that trunk will only hold a 14", so what to do? |
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74 Thing
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: Need a spare |
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| Thing rims are 14" with a specific offset. |
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Drtrash
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| Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: Need a spare |
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| Hate trying to answer my own question but do they make a 14" 4 bolt rim? |
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74 Thing
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 6:33 am Post subject: Re: Need a spare |
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| Post a photo-I am pretty sure yours are aftermarket or newer VW wheels. |
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Drtrash
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 4:23 pm Post subject: Re: Need a spare |
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| Yes mine are aftermarket, what are thing owners doing for a spare with 15" rims, the 4 bolt is the curveball |
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Captain Spalding
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| Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: Need a spare |
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| Drtrash wrote: |
| i think i have read that trunk will only hold a 14", so what to do? |
It's not the size of the rim, but the size of the tire that is the limiting factor.
If I were you I'd be looking to find a 5th rim that matched the other 4. Why not post a picture of the wheels on the car and tell us the tire size and we'll go from there. |
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Drtrash
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| Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 8:31 am Post subject: Re: Need a spare |
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| Dont want a expensive rime, found early bug has a 15x4.5" with 4 bolt pattern rim so will look for a 185 tire to fit trunk, not sure if there is a smaller tire size for extra room |
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Captain Spalding
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| Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 3:03 pm Post subject: Re: Need a spare |
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| Drtrash wrote: |
| Dont want a expensive rime, found early bug has a 15x4.5" with 4 bolt pattern rim so will look for a 185 tire to fit trunk, not sure if there is a smaller tire size for extra room |
What’s the backspace of the bug rim? Aren’t you interested in having the spare tire be the same size as the other 4? |
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