Wheel fitment

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:39 am

Morning.

Still learning...

So, the standard wheel fitment is 5.5" width, 4 x 130, ET35 - were they all 15"?

How close is that to Beetle fitment, and how sensitive is the offset?

If I see a nice set of 15", 5.5inch wheels being sold to fit a Beetle, can I buy them for my 914?

Carl

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:08 pm

I thought the 914/4 offset was ET40/42. The OEM GT style rims on my blue '75 914/4 were certainly ET40.
Standard Beetle offset is mostly ET34 (GT style included)
The aftermarket wheels are all over the place regards offset.
914/4s handle so much better with the correct offset. I had a set of EMPI 8 spoke reps. & they were ET19, the face of rears had been machined (!)to clear the rear wings, they still rubbed & looked crap.
I'd suggest getting the right wheels.

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:17 pm

MdR wrote:I thought the 914/4 offset was ET40/42. The OEM GT style rims on my blue '75 914/4 were certainly ET40.
Standard Beetle offset is mostly ET34 (GT style included)

Thanks - I don't have any original wheels, so I had to look it up on line...

MdR wrote:The aftermarket wheels are all over the place regards offset.

I'm sure - mine feels fine on it's revolutions, but I haven't had one off and had a good look for markings yet.

MdR wrote:914/4s handle so much better with the correct offset. I had a set of EMPI 8 spoke reps. & they were ET19, the face of rears had been machined (!)to clear the rear wings, they still rubbed & looked crap.
I'd suggest getting the right wheels.

I'd love to keep to the 'correct' wheels, but that might conflict with my budget!

ET19 is an awful long way off ET40! - I was thinking more along the lines of those ET34s.

Many thanks for the details.

Carl