Beetle 'Heritage Wheel' Design Offers Steelie Look with Many Options

[asphyxxia]

I have a set listed on eBay, as well. I have the matching tires listed, too, separately - in case anyone wants both. I only drove on them from the time I bought my car until my new wheels and tires came in - about 250 miles.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/320881503003...witem=&vxp=mtr

[B166eR - VW]

GLWS. Just got my adapters in the mail today. So excited about putting them on tomorrow!!

[B166eR - VW]

[mariovwk]

any body has the #part?

[vwbeetle2012owner]

Hey there, glad the wheels worked out B166eR. Thanks for the pix, I was very curious what you would end up doing with them. Cool wagon
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[B166eR - VW]

Thanks man. I am very happy with the way they turned out. I want to space out the rears just a hair and probably lower a little more. Still dialing in the coilovers though.

I also bought some Ronal center caps too. With small Chrome/black caps, without the VW cap and some chrome lugnuts, it will change it up a little. I'll post pics of that later today.

[fiftysomething]

I think the black steel wheels without the chrome hubcaps (the 2nd photo down in the original post) would look really cool on the very Base Beetle (the one for $18.5K with a black dashboard and black running board trim instead of chrome). It would add to the austere look and would be very reminiscent of the "standard" Beetles of the late 40s/early 50s. The only thing missing would be intentional dull paint (preferably grey) on the car body!

[gezuvor]

Great combo options on these wheels and they look great on the Mk6 and Mk4 here. Tempted to put some on my T4...

[the beet]

I really dig these wheels. In fact, at the time of my Beetle purchase, I was having a lot of difficulty finding one whith these "Heritage" wheels.

What I would really like to see is a metal option (even if made by aftermarket for the chrome (baby moon-like) hubcap and trim rings.

Something like this, but looks more like the one on the 2012 and fits the 17":

http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_detai...ory_parent_id=

[the beet]

Another reason I'd like to see a set of polished stainless steel trim rings, is that I just scratched my second trim ring against the curb...

... at least w/stainless steel, I may be able to polish it out.

[Son]

Anyone put white walls on the tires with these wheels? (I saw the GTI on the 1st page, but I'd want to see a Beetle.)

[B166eR - VW]

Updated photos

[eunos94]

I just contacted Static Coating about powdercoating my Heritage wheels white while my winter steelies are on.

Looking forward to seeing this with 235/50 17 mounted up.

[Carbon Steel]

Old school, cool

[LEBlackRob]

I would like to see someone buy these and sand them down and polish them. That or go the way of the Scirocco and powder coat them silver.

[whereiswaldo7]

what size tire are you running?

[whereiswaldo7]

Looking forward to seeing this with 235/50 17 mounted up.

You're going from 215/55/17 to 235/50/17. a wider tire? i'm sorta lost here.

also, static coating good choice.

[eunos94]

You're going from 215/55/17 to 235/50/17. a wider tire? i'm sorta lost here.

also, static coating good choice.

I'm confused with your confusion. I like skinny wheels with wide tires. The overall diameter remains identical but I get an extra inch of contact patch. Nothing hard to understand about that, right?

[whereiswaldo7]

I'm confused with your confusion. I like skinny wheels with wide tires. The overall diameter remains identical but I get an extra inch of contact patch. Nothing hard to understand about that, right?

it's just that most people do the opposite. wide wheels with skinny tires. i definitely understand extra rubber on the ground for go fast time!

[the beet]

I could be wrong here, but I believe you mean tall (diameter) and not wide. Now a days the wheels tend to be larger (17, 18, 21 inch, etc.) and run a short height profile tire. It's not a matter of skinny or wide. The width is the tread on the road...

[lukkon]

Crappy cell phone picture for now BUT VW Heritage wheels on my MKV Rabbit, finally.

205/40/17 fronts
215/45/17 rears

Love they way this looks.

[LEBlackRob]

Crappy cell phone picture for now BUT VW Heritage wheels on my MKV Rabbit, finally.

205/40/17 fronts
215/45/17 rears

Love they way this looks.

Don't know about the hole staggered tire sizes, but this does not look bad. I will have to keep and eye out for some better quality photo's to do this set up some justice.

[lukkon]

Car is still really dirty and don't really have the time to go out for a proper shoot, but this is a little better then a cell pone picture at night lol

[LEBlackRob]

Car looks good on the set up. Happy to see a dub that did not get taken out by sandy.

[lukkon]

Car looks good on the set up. Happy to see a dub that did not get taken out by sandy.

Thanks a lot and yeah she's a sandy survivor thank god, I heard of numerous stories of other people's cars being washed away and electrical systems shorting out the day after the storm.

[whazits]

hi all.......bought my 2012 beetle the end of last July. really love it; but it has so much power I
thought about sprucing my heritage wheels up with some wheel covers. so far my research has
found none for this alloy wheel. anybody know of any available?? tia

[mikeweezer80]

do these caps work on other 17 in steelies?

[Dvdmoviemike]

The center cap is specifically designed to fit inside the 17 inch heritage wheel. The wheel is a mag not a steelie. If you look thru the thread you can see pics of how the wheel looks without the center cap attached. I can't imagine these will fit any other wheel without some major modifications. The center cap and beauty ring are also plastic.

Hope that helped!

[mikeweezer80]

Were the old school caps steel? Also do they only fit 15 in steeliness? I'm talking about the classic one