wire wheels

[mike]

surfing ebay for wire wheels and vw adapters and found a site that didnt have a vw(4x130mm) pattern but would have a set of adapters made and sell for $240. seems reasonable to me since ive seen used wire wheels in the 2-300 range. below is sites reply to my question of vw adapters. hope this is useful to members
                                                                  mike

Dear mykeeva, I don?t have that pattern, but I can get them custom made for you? they run $240 for the custom made adapters.          Let me know if you have anymore questions.      Thanks,  Chris  http://www.stores.ebay.com/wheels4you

[edward ericson]

The adaptors will add 3/4 inch to your track, more or less, each side. And what is the offset on the wires? Might add more width still.

Instead of adaptors, you might consider having your hubs drilled to the desired bolt pattern. The Speedster guys have this done all the time & say it’s $100. I don’t know if that’s for one or for four, but suspect it’s for all four, since once the jig is set up it’s nothing to run more hubs through it.

Check previous forum posts on wires, and please update us (with pictures) about your experience.

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[Mark Hendrickson]

Be very careful with redrilled VW brake drums/rotors. The back side of the drums where the original 4×130 bolt holes are drilled is almost 4 times as thick as the rest of the drum face.

There is a cross (+) that is cast right into the back side (shoe side)drum that these lug bolt holes are drilled and tapped into. The rest of the drum is WAY thinner. IMHO, too thin to support enough threads to safely attach a wheel.

IHMO, wheel adapters suck too. But, as far as wheel adapters go, there are many vendors that sell them. If you decide to use them, get the 4×130 to 5×4.75″ (VW to Chevy) pattern. Aftermarket wheels for Chevy bolt pattern are WAY wasier to find.

Try http://www.thesamba.com  classifeds. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/search.php?submit=yes &keywords=wheel+adapters&type=text&stype=all&amp ; ;username=&yearfrom=&yearto=&pricefrom=&pric eto=&model%5B%5D=&section%5B%5D=&wanted=show&amp ; ;zip=&zipdist=0&state%5B%5D=&usaregion=&coun try=&sort=date&sort_order=DESC&submitButton=Sear ch

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[Dennis Brock]

Re: wheel adapters,  there are basically two kinds.  One is a cast, almost like “pot metal”, with those, if you overtorque them the stud will spin in the metal and make it almost impossible to get your wheel off.  The other type is stamped metal about 1/4 inch thick.  It has studs pressed in.  Again, if you overtorque and spin one, you have a problem.  I’m told that the secret to using the latter, is to spot weld the back end of the stud to the adapter.  This is a trick that the offroad people told me about.  Hope that this helps.

[mike]

not really crazy about wheel adapters anyway. however i have seen wire wheels on vw powered cars so there got to be a way to do it safely. but if it means buying a 2000 dollar set of wires, i will stay with the stock wheels

[Paul Mossberg]

Real wires are expensive!!!

$2,000 for a set of four is not unreasonable.

Dayton used to make a 52 spoke wire wheel for the VW four bolt pattern. I believe 52 is the correct number for the OPTIONAL original TD wires.

Some time ago, I was speaking with TrueSpoke about a run of wire wheels for the VW four bolt pattern. I had been quoted $1,700 to $1,800 for a set of four.

See the thread here:

https://tdreplica.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=718&K W=wire+wheels

I perfer the original steel wheel with hub cap look. But if there is demand, I’ll be glad to reopen my discussions.

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Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

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[mike]

i thought i had read the thread before but could not find it .i get the picture, they cost money that i could really use in more important areas(tires,brakes etc.)
was hoping someone with wires could give me some pointers.

[edward ericson]

I think I want to find this guy & steal his wheels.

Zeniths from a 924 Porsche. Happy hunting, gang.

[Paul Mossberg]

Boy, don’t any of you guys know what google is?
This research took me all of about 30 seconds.

Zenith is no longer in business.

This company…

http://www.wirewheelking.com/home

…was founded by former employees.

I know nothing about them.

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Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
2005 Intermeccanica Roadster

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