Hi, I have a '69 and am looking for the cheapest 15x6 wide 5 rims that will fit under the arches. Probably going for around a 205/70r15 tire. What is my best bet? The bus is sitting at a little high than stock height. So far from what I have found the winner is jcwhitney but anything used (cheap) is good too. I don't care what they look like. Would I be better off getting some cheap adaptors to a chevy bolt pattern and find some chevy rims with lots of offset? I'm just looking for easy/cheap here, function>form. Thanks
Mike
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Well, this is one of those subjects that everyone has an opinion about. I'm also a member of The Samba forums, and they have a 31 page sticky just on the tire and rims for buses. If interested, go to http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=162278 and read all about it. Appears to be Audi and Passants have the right rims, and there are a bunch of info on tires and load capacity. Regular passenger tires are not really appropriate for the Westies, ad the bus will roll around like a pregnant whale. Good luck.
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Thanks for the reply. I had no idea it was such an opinionated topic, let the reading begin.Dannieboy1 wrote:Well, this is one of those subjects that everyone has an opinion about. I'm also a member of The Samba forums, and they have a 31 page sticky just on the tire and rims for buses. If interested, go to http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=162278 and read all about it. Appears to be Audi and Passants have the right rims, and there are a bunch of info on tires and load capacity. Regular passenger tires are not really appropriate for the Westies, ad the bus will roll around like a pregnant whale. Good luck.
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I will look into those. I was just at my tire shop and they found a kumho 857, which is a 185R14C and is 8 plyPiper wrote:when you've found your rims, I recommend Michagin Aligis tires, 6 ply, they make the bus feel so much more solid!

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