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warcrocop
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Location: Laguna Hills, CA
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 Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:37 am Post subject: Stock wheel question |
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| I'm not sure if this is the right forum for a "stock" wheel question so i apologize in advance if it isn't. I have a 56 oval that I'm going to buy a set of stock wide 5 rims for. My question is, are all the wide 5 rims the same width and offset through all the different years? |
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ivsamhell
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Location: hesperiaCA
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:10 am Post subject: |
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no i beleive bug ones are the same (at least the 15s) through 65.
bus and type 3 wheels have diffferent offset. |
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JDGas
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Location: So. Cal/Montana
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| ivsamhell wrote: |
no i beleive bug ones are the same (at least the 15s) through 65.
bus and type 3 wheels have diffferent offset. |
All bugs came with 15" wheels. I think it was only the buses and things that came with 14's. I could be wrong but I think ghia and type 3 wheels are the same as the beetles. Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong! I don't want to give incorrect advise. In '66 they went to a vented wheel with a hubcap that mounts directly to the wheel, not to clips like '65 and earlier. Wheels are also stamped with a date on the backside. By this you can get wheels as close to your year as desired.
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Skim
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Joined: April 15, 2001
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Location: GFK 33 Year Vet
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:32 am Post subject: |
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| ivsamhell wrote: |
no i beleive bug ones are the same (at least the 15s) through 65.
bus and type 3 wheels have diffferent offset. |
All bugs came with 15" wheels. I think it was only the buses and things that came with 14's. I could be wrong but I think ghia and type 3 wheels are the same as the beetles. Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong! I don't want to give incorrect advise. In '66 they went to a vented wheel with a hubcap that mounts directly to the wheel, not to clips like '65 and earlier. Wheels are also stamped with a date on the backside. By this you can get wheels as close to your year as desired. |
Type 3 smoothies are different than bug smoothies.
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JDGas
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:42 am Post subject: |
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Thanks, how so?
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Skim
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:30 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks, how so? |
They used the flat hubcaps like you see on the 66-67 bugs so they dont have clips, they have the bumps that seat the hubcaps like a 66-67 slotted bug rim but yet they are smoothies.
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blankmange
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Joined: July 17, 2004
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Location: Bloßer Stahl-preapocalyptic MidCoast
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:20 am Post subject: |
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| industryvw wrote: |
All bugs came with 15" wheels. I think it was only the buses and things that came with 14's. I could be wrong but I think ghia and type 3 wheels are the same as the beetles. Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong! I don't want to give incorrect advise. In '66 they went to a vented wheel with a hubcap that mounts directly to the wheel, not to clips like '65 and earlier. Wheels are also stamped with a date on the backside. By this you can get wheels as close to your year as desired. |
Type 3 wheels have a deeper offset than T1 wheels -- they don't make the T3 wheels anymore either --- all the 'stock' wheels you see for sale at CIP1, jbugs, etc, are T1 offset wheels....
they will work on a T3, but only with a narrow tire....
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JDGas
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| Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:03 am Post subject: |
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Thanks guys. Good lookin' out!
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