Title: Deep 6 Fuchs, short axles swing, 205 tyre, redrilled late drum Post by: pupjoint on January 16, 2012, 02:41:07 am trying to make up an order from pelikan, planning to order the press in studs and spacers together, OEM or Porsche if possble. I know the Fuchs need 30mm of protruding threads, hence think thickness of the spacers will determine the stud length i need to order.
i am currently running 205 70 R15 Michelin radials on 5.5" wide BRMs now, 66 Bug, original short axles, stock 66 drums, no touching or rubbing issues. planning to swap with Deep 6 Fuchs, 15 x 6 no heart. any idea how thick spacers I would need to put? i am more than happy to buy new smaller tyres if i can do away without any spacers. currently away from home and car, so unable to do any trial fitting to confirm. also, has anyone fitted 145 tyres to 6 inch wide rims before? all the 4 pieces i got are the Deep 6, slowly locating for other sizes. Title: Re: Deep 6 Fuchs, short axles swing, 205 tyre, redrilled late drum Post by: Zach Gomulka on January 16, 2012, 02:57:59 am You could just swap to type 3 drums to get the extra width...
Title: Re: Deep 6 Fuchs, short axles swing, 205 tyre, redrilled late drum Post by: pupjoint on January 16, 2012, 03:01:31 am You could just swap to type 3 drums to get the extra width... thanks, but not a viable option in my place, finding a pair of those Type 3 drums in good shape or even brake parts are even harder than locating another set of Fuchs.... :'( Title: Re: Deep 6 Fuchs, short axles swing, 205 tyre, redrilled late drum Post by: Chris W on January 16, 2012, 05:29:30 am I run a similar set up-
66 with short axles, 205/70's on Gas Burners (Fuchs 36mm offset 'burners are 42mm), late Type 3 hubs and drums and a 10mm spacer. I think I used a 42mm stud. Title: Re: Deep 6 Fuchs, short axles swing, 205 tyre, redrilled late drum Post by: dirk zeyen on January 16, 2012, 16:01:35 pm has anyone fitted 145 tyres to 6 inch wide rims before?
No 145 tyres but 155/65- 15 it works and looks good!!! Title: Re: Deep 6 Fuchs, short axles swing, 205 tyre, redrilled late drum Post by: pupjoint on January 16, 2012, 17:29:51 pm has anyone fitted 145 tyres to 6 inch wide rims before? No 145 tyres but 155/65- 15 it works and looks good!!! sigh...again cant find those sizes here.....you guys in the US are really lucky to have everything all over. Title: Re: Deep 6 Fuchs, short axles swing, 205 tyre, redrilled late drum Post by: Jon on January 16, 2012, 19:11:38 pm has anyone fitted 145 tyres to 6 inch wide rims before? I have it on my 03. Looks good to me. ::) http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,10714.90.html (http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,10714.90.html) Title: Re: Deep 6 Fuchs, short axles swing, 205 tyre, redrilled late drum Post by: Bruce on January 17, 2012, 07:07:44 am Switch to long axle.
Title: Re: Deep 6 Fuchs, short axles swing, 205 tyre, redrilled late drum Post by: dirk zeyen on January 17, 2012, 11:59:05 am sigh...again cant find those sizes here.....you guys in the US are really lucky to have everything all over.
I'm from germany ;D http://www.ebay.de/itm/2-WINTERREIFEN-155-65R15-77T-M-S-AUDI-A2-REIFEN-UNIROYAL-NEU-/4002 Greetz: Dirk Title: Re: Deep 6 Fuchs, short axles swing, 205 tyre, redrilled late drum Post by: donder on January 17, 2012, 11:59:49 am I have same setup:
-59 -short axles, -later drums redrilled to 5*130 and shortened the nose of the drum (10mm i think) -25mm adapters (not just spacers, there are studs in the adapters so you don't need extra long studs) -6" fuchs with a 195/70 goodyear gt2 tire and no rubbing issues after fitting the adapters ( fenders are perfectly filled) - I also fitted 145r15 firestone f560 tires on the front ( tires are a bit stretched but i works, still, i'm in doubt to have them narrowed) http://www.wunderwaffe.be/blog/ --> OCT-411 |