My New Wheels!

[Peter Jones]

14 x 6
4 x100
+44

Genuine Globe Bathursts!

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/05/wheels-2.jpg

They need a clean up and a hub centric ring but all up I'm pretty happy with these!

Pete

[GoLfMan]

ohh awesome mate!
do they clear the front calipers? Jarreds ones didnt and it was a shame cos they are nice wheels!

[Preen59]

Have i mentioned how much i hate you? Those wheels are fantastic if they fit.

[Peter Jones]

I'll make 'em clear even if I have to put drums on the front! :D

Pete

[Peter Jones]

Have i mentioned how much i hate you? Those wheels are fantastic if they fit.

I'll fit them up on the weekend. I'm sure they'll fit on one of my golfs :) Maybe my wacky audi calipers will finally pay off!

Pete

[GoLfMan]

i hope they fit mate :)

[Peter Jones]

i hope they fit mate :)

Jarrad's were 13" wrong offset and 6.5" wide.

I might just have to try bolting one up tomorrow night.


Pete

[Peter Jones]

Have i mentioned how much i hate you? Those wheels are fantastic if they fit.

You'd hate me even more if you knew thay only cost me $180. :D

Pete

[GoLfMan]

Jarrad's were 13" wrong offset and 6.5" wide.

I might just have to try bolting one up tomorrow night.


Pete

this is true!

let us know how it goes :)

[rayray086]

Nice find mate! They deserve a bit of a clean though!

[Jarred]

yea. bummer if they dont fit, hopefully they do, cause they sure look the biz!

(thus why I bought my set a while back...:rolleyes:

[Peter Jones]

Ok I trial fitted them to both cars.

They're going to work but they will need spacers.

Shown here with 20mm spacers

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/05/P1300254-2.jpg

On the car with vented discs the boss on the inside of the wheel hits the caliper right near the centre of the wheel.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/05/P1300256-2.jpg

On the other car the caliper hits the back of the spokes.

The wheels are et44, I think if I space them back 6mm to ET38 they'll clear ok . Some more precise measuring will be required but it's certainly easily achieved.

The harder issue to solve will be the hub centric spacer. The inside of the bore doesn't have square edges, it's a series of bevels. I think it can be done but copying the profile is going to push my limited turning skills to the limit. I'll have to put my thinking cap on.j:

It'll be a while before I sort it out, it's going to take a while to clean them up properly anyway.

Pete

[Preen59]

You'd hate me even more if you knew thay only cost me $180. :D

Pete

Yep, you're right. Thats disgustingly cheap. A-hole! :)

[Preen59]

Ok I trial fitted them to both cars.

They're going to work but they will need spacers.

Shown here with 20mm spacers

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/05/P1300254-2.jpg

On the car with vented discs the boss on the inside of the wheel hits the caliper right near the centre of the wheel.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2008/05/P1300256-2.jpg

On the other car the caliper hits the back of the spokes.

The wheels are et44, I think if I space them back 6mm to ET38 they'll clear ok . Some more precise measuring will be required but it's certainly easily achieved.

The harder issue to solve will be the hub centric spacer. The inside of the bore doesn't have square edges, it's a series of bevels. I think it can be done but copying the profile is going to push my limited turning skills to the limit. I'll have to put my thinking cap on.j:

It'll be a while before I sort it out, it's going to take a while to clean them up properly anyway.

Pete

If you need help or suggestions, i'm a machinist/toolmaker and i'll be happy to give you some advice. :) Actually i think there's a few of us machinerer's pn here. :D

Good luck with it.

[roccodingo]

Pete, make a spigoted wheel spacer, like a pipe flange.. use the 57.15 bore( + .1 clearance) , the outer spigot is whatever the wheel bore is ( size for size, so they stay with the wheel), and the flange whatever you need to get in the 38 - 35 mm offsett range.

hope this makes sense bud...:D

[Peter Jones]

Sure does! I'll have to dig up some suitable turning stock and have a go one of these days.

I might make up a model first.

The tricky bit is going to be matching the centre bore in the wheel, it's mostly bevels.

Pete