[T3] wheel advice

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Sat Jun 25 15:52:17 PDT 2011


On 25 Jun 2011 at 13:14, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:

> There are only so many wide 5 rims available, and most of them are of the  
> bug offset, which is basically what you currently have (wide 5, 5 spoke). 
> Some  are even less than the bugs normal 34mm offset (like 23mm).  

Note also that if you have bug rims now, they must be 4" wide, 
meaning that they are a bit small for 165 tires, and WAY too small 
for anything wider. Yes, you can force them on, but the resulting 
performance will be poorer than if you had stuck with 155 tires.


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