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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 447 Joined: 31-January 15 From: 275 mls NW from Stuttgart. Member No.: 18,384 Region Association: Europe ![]() |
A guy a few miles north from here offers a full set Kronprinz wheels + 185/65 15 tires for sale on a local auction site. Buy it now price? Next to nothing. I have no purpose for the tires, I can try to sell them on.
Anyway, it's a VW Beetle wheel, ET34, 5.5J. I will put my own 165/80 15 tires on. So, it will fit - I think. But what about the lug bolts? Do I need special bolts for these steel Kronprinz wheels? Any ideas? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i211.photobucket.com-18384-1434565630.1.png) |
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TMI.... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 8,321 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California ![]() ![]() |
914 is ET40, so you may be tight on the rear fenders with anything bigger than 155 or 165R15.
I personally like your wheels on there better than these, but it's your car & your preference that counts! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Have you looked for a nice set of used either of the 4-lug alloys available on your 73 2L - they had Pedrini & Mahle "Baby Gas Burner" painted cast alloys, & the Fuchs 2L anodized aluminum forged alloys? You could restore them yourself - painted or polished or anodized as to your tastes. Otherwise I'd suggest looking for Minilight 8-spokes or their clones, or other alloys with proper ET40 offset, because you don't want to be rolling rear fenders on an all original 914 like yours. Then's my 2 pfennigs! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Tom /////// |
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 22,248 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch ![]() |
wheels that won't accommodate larger tires due to body clearance issues might be the wrong path down the 'road'.
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