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I've fitted many rims to late model Std. Beetles, from stock height to ~8" lower than stock...the practical limit up front with stock fenders is 5.5" - in most cases you can squeeze 6" in there and still retain an almost stock turning circle though.
With an entirely stock width BJ front end you don't want to exceed much past ~125mm backspace and/or ~45mm frontspace.
If you want a 7" wheel under the stock fender @ 2.5" lower than stock and your front trackwidth is 2" greater than stock you're looking for a wheel with an offset of ~70mm or greater - There's one style of OE Porsche wheel that I know of that comes close...16x7 ET65 - but they're not exactly stylish by most peoples standards. It'll be one hell of a challenge to get them under stock fenders with a stock width beam, and even if you narrow the beam or find a wheel with the correct offset your turning radius will still suffer too much for my taste. So I'll tell you what I tell nearly everyone, get wider fenders.
As far as the back goes...most people go with 7" ET40 for stock IRS/fenders; if your rear track is also 2" wider than stock than you're basically right at 7" ET65.
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May 5th 2005, 01:22
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