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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:44 pm    Post subject: wheels and tires Reply with quote

so frustrated! this has been a 2 week steady search!

i have a 67 baja bug and the 5x205 bolt pattern is very very difficult to work around.

the empi wheels i could deal with (little heavy) but there 15inch and i want 14 inch.

how do you guys deal with this? does anyone make a quality adapter (with a spacer would be cool but no big deal) that goes from the 5x205 down to a 4x156?

if not then what is a good BEADLOCK wheel that is light and atleast close to 10inch wide by 14.

i`m just at my wits end with this having went to my local tire shop back and forth over the past week or so, i`m sure i am missing something very obvious but i am very new to the bug world. thank you for any help!

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this bug is off-road only mainly mountain trails and climbs and fire roads.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:05 am    Post subject: Re: wheels and tires Reply with quote

Why do you want 14" wheels?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:23 pm    Post subject: Re: wheels and tires Reply with quote

72Pstroke wrote:
Why do you want 14" wheels?


I was given a set of very nice brand new tires.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:38 pm    Post subject: Re: wheels and tires Reply with quote

Beadlock 10x14" wheels on 4x156?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

WTF?

What are they? Wheels for a quad?

4x156 is bizarre.

So is 10 x 14.

Even more so is a 14" beadlock rim.

You want lightweight and yet you want beadlock?

And you're complaining about VW lug patterns being tough to work around?

You'd have more luck looking for radical right wing transvestite presidential candidates.

14" rims were popular with street fiberglass buggy people back in the late 60s and early 70s. The bolt pattern you're seeking is for ATV/UTV, or industrial equipment.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 9:06 pm    Post subject: Re: wheels and tires Reply with quote

dustymojave wrote:
Beadlock 10x14" wheels on 4x156?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

The bolt pattern you're seeking is for ATV/UTV, or industrial equipment.

maybe he wants to run utv beadlocks those are 14s like off a rzr
you can get good quality wheels for those and they are very common now
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 9:31 pm    Post subject: Re: wheels and tires Reply with quote

dustymojave wrote:
Beadlock 10x14" wheels on 4x156?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

WTF?

What are they? Wheels for a quad? ------------- UTV and other four lug

4x156 is bizarre. -------------in the bug world yes.

So is 10 x 14. -------------14 x10

Even more so is a 14" beadlock rim. -------------in the bug world yes.

You want lightweight and yet you want beadlock? ------------- http://www.msawheels.com/wheels/f1/

And you're complaining about VW lug patterns being tough to work around?------------- hence why i am asking for help because i am finding a very limited supply of 5x205.

You'd have more luck looking for radical right wing transvestite presidential candidates

14" rims were popular with street fiberglass buggy people back in the late 60s and early 70s. The bolt pattern you're seeking is for ATV/UTV, or industrial equipment.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 9:41 pm    Post subject: Re: wheels and tires Reply with quote

bikesndbugs wrote:
dustymojave wrote:
Beadlock 10x14" wheels on 4x156?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

The bolt pattern you're seeking is for ATV/UTV, or industrial equipment.

maybe he wants to run utv beadlocks those are 14s like off a rzr
you can get good quality wheels for those and they are very common now





this!
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:07 pm    Post subject: Re: wheels and tires Reply with quote

most likely not an adapter also a bug will weigh more so idk how the utv wheels would do. get drums drilled to the right pattern?
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:09 pm    Post subject: Re: wheels and tires Reply with quote

Or sell the Baja and buy a UTV.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:14 pm    Post subject: Re: wheels and tires Reply with quote

but the baja bug looks cooler
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:21 pm    Post subject: Re: wheels and tires Reply with quote

bikesndbugs wrote:
most likely not an adapter also a bug will weigh more so idk how the utv wheels would do. get drums drilled to the right pattern?



actually the 4 seater rzr are about 200 pounds more.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:22 pm    Post subject: Re: wheels and tires Reply with quote

dustymojave wrote:
Or sell the Baja and buy a UTV.



because 20 - 30,000$ is what i got laying around.
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