Originally Posted by Baby Jai
Not what you wan to hear, but smaller wheels. Big wheels can be done though. I've seen 20s an 22s on New Beetles. Personally, I don't think anything over an 18 looks good on the cars.
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huge issues with new rims
09-10-2012 03:41 PM
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I got 19x9.5 from ecs tuning and well they dont fit the beetle. They are hitting the struts. Spacers wont work, ill need about an 1'' of spacers. This is a problem cause of the load on the bearings and such, what would you suggest to do? I got all these rims at ECS Tuning hoping they would fit, but apparently they do not.
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09-26-2012 08:57 PM
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09-27-2012 02:11 PM
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The diameter isn't the problem, its the width. I think 8-8.5" is as wide as we can go without issues. They're just too big for your car. See if you can sell them, and get the same ones but narrower.
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09-27-2012 03:32 PM
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You could run 1" spacers without hurting anything IMO. I've ran spacers, then adapters for 40k+ with no issues.
9.5" is awfully wide. Too wide for the front. 18x8 is a good safe size for these cars. I'm running 18x9's in the rear.
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09-27-2012 03:37 PM
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yeah ive went ahead and returned them, everywhere i went even with spaces no one wanted to bother putting the front ones on as they were rubbing
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09-28-2012 02:25 AM
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can you do 18x9.5 in the rear and 18x8 in the front, or would the rear be to wide?
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