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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:51 pm    Post subject: 4 stud wheels with high offset for Karmann Ghias Reply with quote

In the constant search for some alloy wheels to fit to my '69 Ghia, I thought I might share the list of 4-stud wheels I have found so far that should have Ghia friendly offsets;
(this is without resorting to narrowed beams or short rear axles)

ATS 5-spoke wheels 5554, as fitted to late 1303 cabriolet (ET34)
AC 8-spoke (EMPI replica) (ET35)
Porsche 2.0 replica (ET35)
Porsche 2.0 genuine wheel (ET40)
Java JeeBee Gas Burner replica 4 stud (ET40)
Pedrini 4 stud 914 wheels (ET41)

Others worth considering are original Lemmerz Sprint Star wheels in steel at 4.5" width (ET32)

Feel free to add any others to the list !


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

would the brm replica 4 spoke work?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

scotty timmerman wrote:
would the brm replica 4 spoke work?


The BRM 4stud wheels are ET25 (the ones we get in the UK that is)
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excuse my ignorance, but can someone tell me (or point me to a chart or something) what all these ET numbers mean in real world dimensions?
offset? rim width? etc.?

thanx,
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

WooleyNelson wrote:
Excuse my ignorance, but can someone tell me (or point me to a chart or something) what all these ET numbers mean in real world dimensions?
offset? rim width? etc.?

thanx,
Bob
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ET = offset in mm. ET35 = +35 mm offset. Offset is measured from the middle of the rim, e.g., 2.75 inches from inside of the inner lip of a 5.5 inch wide rim.

Backspacing is measured from the backside/outside of the inner lip of the rim, so the material width of the lip/flange can factor into it.

This might help:

https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanx sactojesse!

I already knew about backspacing, just did not know the "ET" was mm of offset!

https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html helped a lot!

thanx again!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

how could I fit a 10" wide wheel on a lowered '72 ghia?

shorten axles?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

by narrowing them 4 inches. LOL
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ET is the abbreviation for the German word Einpresstiefe, literally "press-in depth".
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

c21darrel wrote:
by narrowing them 4 inches. LOL


lol
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 10:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

howdy how about tires that clear the rear wheel arches
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 11:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for this Carl...I've add this topic to the "Suspension – Lower, Raise, Narrow – Tire, Wheel Combinations" Sticky.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 6:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Please note that the Porsche 2.0 wheels are called Fuchs (Fox in English).

Both they and the Pedrinis are available in early or late versions which can be identified by the part number forged into the back side. Number ending in 00 denotes early, 01 is late.

Early versions are lug-centric, while late versions have been recessed to fit the centering rings on the front brake rotors and are hub-centric.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 4:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

69 GVert wrote:
Please note that the Porsche 2.0 wheels are called Fuchs (Fox in English). .


or is it pronounced Fooks as in books ?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fuchs info ...
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=67203

Gas Burners
Baby Gas Burners
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Pedrinis
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I dont think all of the repop wheels have the same offset or ET of the OG wheels.
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