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Title: VW wheel info
Post by: fabr on September 14, 2009, 09:11:17 PM

I must have taken off a couple thousand bug wheels while working at VW but for the life of me I don't remember for sure if they were offset to the inside or not. If I recall right they were radically offset to the inside allowing a longer axle in the rear. Am I recalling correctly?

Title: Re: VW wheel info
Post by: Engineer on September 14, 2009, 09:37:31 PM

I believe so.  The large hub was almost flush to the outside of the wheel/tire. 



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Title: Re: VW wheel info
Post by: fabr on September 14, 2009, 09:45:06 PM

That's what I remembered. Thanks for the pics. They'll be perfect for loading wheels. Now to find a set.

Title: Re: VW wheel info
Post by: Engineer on September 14, 2009, 09:47:07 PM

Surely one of the guys that run VW transaxles should have some laying around.  Most of the old timers with VW rails had 3-4 bugs on blocks in their back yard to keep parts available for their rail.  :)

Title: Re: VW wheel info
Post by: fabr on September 14, 2009, 09:57:11 PM

I hope so.The aftermarket ones I see have 2-3 inches offset outward.

Title: Re: VW wheel info
Post by: fabr on September 14, 2009, 09:58:30 PM

More I think about it I may look into getting desert fronts and seeing if they'd work for rear loaders also. Hmmmmmm,need to do some measuring.

Title: Re: VW wheel info
Post by: BDKW1 on September 14, 2009, 11:49:42 PM

Way inset, thats why the king pins only have 2* KPI..........