Vw 100j Jetta steelies on a 02

[roman.lysiak]

 

Haven't posted on this thing for years now. Looking to get rid of my bottle caps and putting on these Vw rims instead. Love that alpina steelie look. Rallyesque. Anyone ever done this. They're 14" like the bottles. Thinking if I'll need shims or not.

 

Roman

 

 

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[nutbehindthewheel]

I put Rabbit wheel - maybe 2 - on my '72 - 

Probably 1980 VW, so I know they fit.

 

Long story, but suffice to say it wasn't due to the music.

Just drove across town, then reinstalled '02 wheels.

[Teelinger]

What's the ET on those? I believe they 'should' work.

 

I'm running 15" VW Corrado steelies ET45 and they work fine on stage 1 HR springs and Billy HDs. That being said, they sit a little bit inside of the wheel well. I'm considering adding a 5mm spacer up front.

 

 

[Simeon]

How about e30 steel wheels? Fit perfectly on my car. 

 

[Mike Self]

+ 1 on E30 steel wheels--correct offset out of the box, painted silver they look very Alpina-esque and you can use the little Euro center caps on 'em to look nice and factory.  Cheap too from a junkyard.  Only drawback--even good 14" tires are getting hard to find.  Gotta find some 15" Euroweaves--that aren't stratospherically priced--for my E30. 

 

mike

[roman.lysiak]

8j14h2.


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[roman.lysiak]

+ 1 on E30 steel wheels--correct offset out of the box, painted silver they look very Alpina-esque and you can use the little Euro center caps on 'em to look nice and factory.  Cheap too from a junkyard.  Only drawback--even good 14" tires are getting hard to find.  Gotta find some 15" Euroweaves--that aren't stratospherically priced--for my E30. 
 
mike

Nice! I like the corrados as well. Somehow the 15" start looking big once you're used to looking at the 13" vintage photos.


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[Teelinger]

Yeah, the 13s are making a comeback. Especially since they've started making decent tires available again: 

https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/index

 

Note that Longstone is selling 14s too.

 

 

 

[dlhoovler]

13 hours ago, roman.lysiak said:

8j14h2.


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I'm pretty sure that's a 6 for the width, not an 8. Especially since 8" wide steel wheels would be very unusual factory fitment for a VW.

 

Regardless, if you run VW wheels, you will need to get proper lug nuts with a ball seat, rather than the conical seat BMWs use. And since VW used lug bolts at least back to the MK2 Golf/Jetta, you'll have to work a little to find the nuts. Honda-spec ones might work (they use studs and ball-seat nuts instead of bolts), but I've heard the radius of the ball is slightly different than VW's...

 

-David 

[Fatherof3]

On 12/31/2017 at 6:07 PM, Teelinger said:

What's the ET on those? I believe they 'should' work.

 

I'm running 15" VW Corrado steelies ET45 and they work fine on stage 1 HR springs and Billy HDs. That being said, they sit a little bit inside of the wheel well. I'm considering adding a 5mm spacer up front.

 

 

Those are sweet! Where can I find a set?

 

stupid me , stupid me, stupid me....

Edited January 2, 2018 by Fatherof3

[Teelinger]

Darrin, 

 

Sorry if this is killing you ?. If you really want another set PM me. I've got a source for you.

 

James