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« on: February 17, 2009, 21:09:39 pm »
As it says has anyone got any pics of bugs with 225/65 or 225/60's under stock rear arches?

Will they even fit under stock arches  Huh

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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2009, 23:19:04 pm »
i have 225/65 on randars 64 bug with short axles.empi 5 spokes work well also.
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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2009, 12:40:05 pm »
235/60 -15 and the stock fenders the car came from Germany with...
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« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2009, 20:43:37 pm »
235/60/15s on early 6s, short axles and stock wings.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jakeandmarta/the%20bug/Images/6.jpg
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« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2009, 21:41:43 pm »
short axels?, I have a 66 Do they come as standard for that year? i thought they did?

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« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2009, 10:09:54 am »
Dude, you have short axles.

I would stick to a 205 if I were you. If you call Sam he has my wheels & tyres at the mo and he'll be able to tell you what they are. They fit very well and are about as big as you could want. I'm sure they're a 205/70.
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« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2009, 13:31:27 pm »
And the bigger the tyre, the more grip and therefore chance of breaking something. To be completely honest, I don't even like 205/70s - they're just too big. It's the one thing on modern cal lookers that I don't like. I wish someone made an affordable, period looking 185/70 - that would fill the arches but still be reasonably sized to look right with a 145 up front, and it's only 1/8" smaller diameter than a stock 165.
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