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benozoval56
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 Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 1:33 am Post subject: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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OK, I've been unsuccessfully trying to locate/contact the owner of this awesome green beetle shown at the DKW Show Mexico City 2021.
I'm hoping they are on here or someone here knows them. I'd love to know where the wheels came from if at all possible??
TIA 
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Bruce
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| Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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si habla español?
Try this page:
https://www.facebook.com/VochomaniaOficial/
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W1K1
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kpf
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| Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:38 pm Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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Maybe it's a modern steel wheel with the center cut out, and a VW wide-5 center welded in.
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vwtrey
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| Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 1:49 pm Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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| kpf wrote: |
| Maybe it's a modern steel wheel with the center cut out, and a VW wide-5 center welded in. |
Agreed. Looks like a space-saver spare with a center and wider rim welded on. |
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DerrickfromNC1
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| Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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These are close but I think they are a 2 or 3 piece billet rather than stamped.
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benozoval56
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| Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2022 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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| kpf wrote: |
| Maybe it's a modern steel wheel with the center cut out, and a VW wide-5 center welded in. |
If so they've done an awesome job of it, from the looks of it it appears to be a steel pressed centre on wider barrels....
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kpf
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 10:48 am Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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RAM Promaster City cargo van. Those are plastic hub caps in the center.
(click the picture to enlarge/zoom)
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NJ John
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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I counted 16 holes on one and 20 on the other.
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kpf
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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Right. It's not a perfect match. I'm sure there is some other vehicle around that donated those wheels. The bug was built in Mexico, right? It might be a vehicle specific to that market.
I guess what matters to benozoval56 is that the wheels are most likely a one-of-a-kind, custom made mashup.
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ubercrap
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 1:24 pm Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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Agreed, it's modern steel wheel with the center cut out.
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henry roberts
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2022 7:32 pm Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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| they look like they could be Mercedes Vito donor rims to me. |
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kpf
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2022 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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| henry roberts wrote: |
| they look like they could be Mercedes Vito donor rims to me. |
16 holes. You could have something there.
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DerrickfromNC1
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| Posted: Sat May 28, 2022 6:49 am Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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| Mercedes center(5x112mm) on the above wheel into VW(5x205mm) would be a stretch. That center section on the green bug started out as 205mm. |
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NJ John
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ubercrap
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2022 7:33 am Post subject: Re: Worldwide hunt for these 17" wide 5 wheels |
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Haha, I just came here to post that! 17" Cayenne steel spares. Somewhere floating around is a pic of a Beetle w/ 18" chromed Porsche steel spares I think. The 18's Have a big flat-faced ring in the the middle for what I imagine is caliper clearance.
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