Found it!!! 17X7 in 4x130

[martilo]

Hi group,
really it was so hard to find, i though you would be happy to share this with me.
At last, we can find 17" wheels with the proper bolting pattern for our bugs (4x130, ET38). There is 3 models to chose from that look quite nice.

If you want more information, the contact is Alex at rims@cox.net and he is really helpfull.
That made my day. Just wanted to share this with you.
Cheers,
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Louis

[rustbucket]

Great. Do you have any pictures?

[martilo]

See attached. I guess that Alex can send you better pics.
Louis

[oasis]

Does "Alex" have a store front address, a Web site, a phone number, an actual business?

I don't want to be the suspicious type, but experience has made me so. It doesn't help this "find" is coming from someone with two posts -- both here.

By the way, the pics show rims with a 5xsomething pattern.

[rustbucket]

Noticed that too. It'd be nice to find some newer style wheels in the right bolt pattern, but I'm not crazy about any of those styles.

[Uber Affe]

Essentialy what you have here are some billet style wheels that can be cut out to pre designated shapes from a block and set to a specific bolt pattern. There are lot's available through different suppliers although not many ever order 4x130 even though they could because it just isn't used that often w/ those hot rod people. As Dropped and ratted VW rods have come into favor recently there have been a few peeps out there that have opted for a few wheels in that bolt pattern. If you contact anyone who has access to the machinery they could make you a wheel in any design w/ ANY boltpattern. The custom motorcycle industry uses these RPT machines a lot.
Anyway...so it IS possible I found these a while back at airkewld:

http://www.airkewld.com/parts/products.php?id=32&pg=2

I didn't like all the styles available in 4x130 but they are there if you look for them. Just too expensive for my taste and too "Hotrodder" not "GL"

[martilo]

Hi guys,
they seem to have a valid company (as far as i can judge) with a decent website. The main reason why i did not posted the web adress is that i didn't wanted to be considered as a spammer. I knew also about the airkewld wheels but if you look for 17x7 in 4x130 you end up in weird selections (at a price...).
Really guys, i was so discouraged while shopping for this. For weeks I sent dozens of email all over the world (even in japan!) to find it. You are quite right that all it takes is a manufacturer small enough to be willing to reajust his CNC drilling machine and make to fit, but after contacting about 30 manufacturer (some very small, some very big), i received always the same answer.
At the end when i got that positive answer it was quite a news. Then to help the community i went to as many vw forums as i could the spread the good news. The thing is if those companies realize that we form a decent market, maybe they will serve us better and better with newer products.
For your info, Alex works for Winston's Place at http://www.winstonsarea51.com. He was by far the most reactive and most probably used his influence with his suppliers to convince them to go 4x130. I felt this worth mention.
Have a good day guys.
Louis

[Uber Affe]

I like the price on the ATS wheels the had:

http://www.winstonsarea51.com/atsclassic.html

But I don't even know if this is a good price for this wheel...it's a good price for me. Apart from that i didn't see any other 4x130 wheels. I e-mailed that Alex guy, but no response yet..we'll see what happens.