Wheel Offset Calculators

[PJL54Oval]

Just an FYI since I just found this out. OFFSET is often referred to as ET which stands for EinpressTieffe in German. Here is a good diagram

[ccain529]

OK, so I'm new here and I apologize if this is duplicated info!
I've been doing a lot of research and found this in the February 2005 HotVw's.
The info comes from Jon Chabot from TopLine
I tried to scan it, but it didn't take, so I recreated it! I hope this helps!
Like I said before, I'm sorry if this is repetitive!
According to the article in the magazine, This is a chart for fitting 17's under stock fenders of a 1302 or 1303. The article says that the 17's will fit under the fender with no problems. The problems occur when you try to lower the car and stick those super positive offset wheels under the fender. The article was written assuming you use 17X7's with the rubber listed on the chart. The article also cautions that your wheel spacers should be correctly machined.

[Diego74]

ok im very new to vws and I have a 1303 74 so to my understanding to this is if i want to go with 17 by 7 wheels the et should be 55 for all 4 wheels with the use of a 3/8 spacer on the rear. I want to stay stock fenders all the way around and dont want to come to clearance issues. i also understand the rotors need to be drilled to fit the bolt pattern. any info on this would be a big help.

[Veedub]

Originally Posted by ccain529

OK, so I'm new here and I apologize if this is duplicated info!
I've been doing a lot of research and found this in the February 2005 HotVw's.
The info comes from Jon Chabot from TopLine
I tried to scan it, but it didn't take, so I recreated it! I hope this helps!
Like I said before, I'm sorry if this is repetitive!
According to the article in the magazine, This is a chart for fitting 17's under stock fenders of a 1302 or 1303. The article says that the 17's will fit under the fender with no problems. The problems occur when you try to lower the car and stick those super positive offset wheels under the fender. The article was written assuming you use 17X7's with the rubber listed on the chart. The article also cautions that your wheel spacers should be correctly machined.

does the same go for the rear of a 72 standard bug, with a 40mm-50mm offset?front i assume id have to narrow.Also would same rules go for a 15x7 or 15x6.5 in rear?

[pantswagen]

http://www.928.org.uk/pdf/offsets.pdf


http://www.944racing.de/reload.php?u...ngewichte.html

[Veedub]

Im seriously not understanding this.Does the same go for a 15 and 16" rim also?If I got a rim that was 15x6.5 and had a +50mm et, would they stick out the front and the rear?

[oasis]

I am not sure where your confusion lies but a 15-inch rim and a 16-inch rim only differs in diameter. That has no direct effect or relationship with the width or offset of a wheel.

My wheels are 6½ inches wide with a 42mm offset. They do not stick out on my stock 1302 fenders. In fact, I have 6mm spacers on the front and 8mm on the back.

There is a relationship with overall widths and diameters of tires thanks to the aspect ratio of tires.

[Veedub]

ok so, if a wheel is a 15x6.5, and has a +50 offset would they fit in to far or stick out?