riviera's not fitting my fastback

[nicolas]

hey

i just switched the wheels of my fasty with my square and i am a wee little worried abot that...

the wheels didn't have much clearance on the square, but now on the fastback they rub the fenders. the tires are regular firestone  165/80/15 . on the fastback i have put more effort in getting all the panels straight and i guess it is why they rub on this one and not on the square.
what am i to do? i will be putting real empi 8 spokes on it when i get them from the tireshop (that has been taking weeks now) and fit them. but will they fit ok with the same 165 tires?
i know the original type3 wheels are so tucked in and aftermarket ones are wider and have a different offset, but will 8spokes fit? i am worried i will need to put in some short axles to make it work. can someone help me out on this, what setup do you have on your type3?

thanks for helping

[Bryan67]

Here`s my 69 Fastback with early Rivieras and 145`s and 165`s. Lots of room here.

[nicolas]

thanks

but do the later ones have a different offset? are they wider. because when i look at your car it seems indeed that they have room to spare, but on mine they rub. maybe the rivis i got are aftermarket. i never bothered to check it out...

thanks

btw i may have said it before, but nice car. simple and clean by the looks of it

nicolas

[Zach Gomulka]

Maybe the Square has Beetle brakes? What years are the cars in question??

[nicolas]

the 67 square where everything fits, tight but no worries, has been converted to IRS. but before that it ran a swingtranny and no problems on that car.

the one that has the problem is the 66 fastback. and both have the same drums from a 4 lug type3. if this problem stays with the 8 spokes i will have to go for short axles. so that will be setting back the whole idea of getting the car ready for bugin... hope not but we shall see

[Zach Gomulka]

Is it rubbing badly? If its not too bad you can roll the inner lip of the fender in for additional clearance. That's how I stuffed 205/70s on mine with 5.5" Porsche 914 steels (stock axles and brakes). Just stuffed a baseball bat in there while my buddy rolled the car back and forth

[nicolas]

Is it rubbing badly? If its not too bad you can roll the inner lip of the fender in for additional clearance. That's how I stuffed 205/70s on mine with 5.5" Porsche 914 steels (stock axles and brakes). Just stuffed a baseball bat in there while my buddy rolled the car back and forth

thought about that 

but the car has been painted and i found it a silly idea alltogether to have such a fine job ruined before even driving the car. i usually drive 100meters before a freshly finished car has an accident and needs to get back to the garage.