Hi. I am quite new to beetles (please be gentle!).
I have dreamed of making a Herbie (how original) replica and recently bought this 1970 model to do the job . Yes I know It needed to be a 63 really but it has most of the early parts there and a ragtop of sorts and shes a solid car due to the new floor pan and hearter channels 3 years ago. Now my question is this:
Can anyone identify the wheels fitted?
I am told by the nice guys at Dub Works who sold it to me that they are Porche alloys.
To make my car more movie accurate I need to fit either standard 5 stud VW wheels (up to 68) or 5 stud racing types as seen in monte carlo etc (15x6 smoothies?)
I would be looking to take the existing wheels off and fit herbie accurate ones.
The car was taken directly to a bodyshop (Terry Blake) for restoration and currently I have no idea if the it has 4 or 5 stud drums (being a 1970 I assume 4 stud) but if these are Porche alloys would the wheels be 5 stud?
Any help/advice on the parts required to change the wheels greatly appreciated!
I am also looking for a set of wheels if anyone has any?
And yes the Porche wheels will be available once I have located a VW set.
Photo of my beetle with the Porche wheels
your wheels are just wide standard 4x130 wheels. probably 5.5" wide ,with pre 67 hubcaps.
they are steel wheels, not alloys.
who ever has told you they are porsche wheels, i think you need to go elsewhere.
to get the desired look (pre 66 steels) you either need to change the drums to 66-67 only (5x205 pattern)
or run adaptors, or what may be best, is to weld up the slots on your existing wheels.
Last edited by SlammedSixtyFive; 16-04-2012 at 06:01 PM.
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