Category: Wheels & Tires

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Wheel Narrowing

May 3

Hi,

I’m wanting to use a 17″ Porsche wheel on a a Karmann Ghia I’m restoring. These wheels are 8″ wide with a 6.24″ backspace. That wheel is not going to fit under the Ghia and probably needs to be 6″ wide.

Is this something you can do? About how much does said service cost?

Thanks,
Jim

FROM: James Reading (James@WeldcraftWheels.com)

Not sure if we could get the 2 inches out of them .. I’d need to see a side photo of the wheel to tell.
James

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Custom Wheel Adapters

Motorport Tech Website

From Lenny:

Jim,

Yes, I build these type of Adapters all the time!

They will convert your 4×130 to run 5×130 wheels.

We can build them at any thickness you want! We will build the adapters hub and wheel centric to insure a perfect fit and no vibration problems

I will also supply you with all the correct hardware to attach the adapters and the wheels

In Fact, I just built a set of these for my Uncle about 2 weeks ago… We converted his VW 4×130 to run some old school 5×130 Porsche wheels and they came out perfect

The kit would run you right around $360 for all 4 adapters

Let me know your thoughts, Thanks Lenny