So uh, yeah.

"Coty" (coty) 04/12/2015 at 09:51 • Filed to: None

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That's bad.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > Coty 04/12/2015 at 10:06

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What's up with the offset? I had a 56 bug years ago that briefly had an offset issue, first time I had some passengers in the back I didn't get far down the road and we could smell burning rubber. Got out and saw the guards had been contacting the tires and had cut a nice 10mm wide groove around the edge of the rear tires. The paint on the guards blistering from the heat made me sad.

Coty > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 04/12/2015 at 10:07

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The tires are just too wide for the wheel.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > Coty 04/12/2015 at 10:12

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Ah. My issue was from swaping the '56 body onto a '67 pan. I bought some widened four stud rims with stock offset but apparently the beetle grew 2" wider between '56 & '67. All the wheels protruded about an inch outside the guard, had a custom set made and it was fine then on. What year is yours? I want to get another one again one day.

Coty > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 04/12/2015 at 10:13

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This one is a '67 Euro (basically a '66) and the other one is a '61.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > Coty 04/12/2015 at 10:20

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Nice. Just realised I made a mistake on the later year pan I used, it was a 1970. Had the 12v electrics and ball joint/disc brake front end, that's why I had the four stud rims. This is in Australia so not sure if our model years are the same as other countries, VW had its own assembly plant here and some oddball models came out of there occasionally.

Coty > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 04/12/2015 at 10:25

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Oh I know all about the weird Aussie models. My girlfriend lives in Australia and loves VWs so I know all about them.

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > Coty 04/12/2015 at 10:28

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Cool, I recall talking to you a while back, unless there's another beetle guy with a girl in Australia! Is she Aussie or just over here working or beetle watching?

Coty > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 04/12/2015 at 10:40

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She lives there. :/

PatBateman > Coty 04/12/2015 at 10:45

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Are you putting all-terrain tires on that bug?

RallyWrench > Coty 04/12/2015 at 18:27

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Is that on the new wheels?

Coty > RallyWrench 04/12/2015 at 20:09

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Yep, time for stretch. Stay tuned.

Coty > PatBateman 04/12/2015 at 20:10

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Honestly I put whatever I can find on it that fit, summer, winter, all seasons. The ones off to the side in that picture are stock replacement tires.