Date:         Tue, 21 May 2002 07:46:00 EDT
Reply-To:     BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM
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From:         Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: New Beetle tires/rims on 87 Westy
Comments: To: d.r.collins@SYMPATICO.CA
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In a message dated 5/21/02 6:58:42 PM Taipei Standard Time,
d.r.collins@SYMPATICO.CA writes:

<< Anyone know if the new beetle rims/tires will fit an 87 westy?  Bolt
pattern? Offset? Whether caliper will fit? >>

Dave,

The New Beetle rims are 5 X 100 mm vs. your Westy's 5 X 112 mm. Close but no
cigar. It is also offset to far inward. That can be alleviated by installing
spacers. You can cure the pattern difference by having redrilled to a
different bolt pattern as well. Unfortunately, by the time you get all this
work done, add shipping back and forth to a proper machine shop (if one is
not capable of doing the process in your area), plus the purchase of
different lugnuts/bolts, you would have been better off buying wheels
specifically designed for your Westy. That is of course assuming you are not
so attached to the style of wheels on the New beetle. That's my reason for
having redrilled Replica Porsche Fuchs alloys on my 87 GL.

BenT
Wheel