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Hi ALl -

I have 2006 Vintage with wide fives, a front disc brake conversation and the aluminum brake covers. Anyone know if the car is running 12 or 14mm diameter lug bolts? I think they are standard VW bug, but want to be sure before I order a replacement.

I have called VS 4 times in two weeks - cant reach them or get a call back....

 

Thanks Scott S

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Gordon Nichols posted:

HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW??????????????

Take out a lug bolt or remove a lug nut, whichever you have, and truck your butt down to a tire store and ask what the hell it is........It's that simple.

Give him h*ll, Gordon!

Oh, and PS- Lug nuts for the VW 4x130mm pattern are also 14mm.

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Gordon Nichols posted:

...HOW THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO KNOW??????????????...

 

Damn, it's so refreshing seeing the occasional reply that's not politically correct.

If you think about it, this is a solid, reasonable response to half the questions that get asked around here.

This might have brought a timely conclusion to the 'What's The Best Oil' thread that's currently following its inevitable course on another SOC channel.

I don't know just what kind of knot your knickers are in, Gordon (and don't want to know), but here, here!

 

 

Pills my a$$!  

Al, you don't know what the hell he has on there.  I have 14mm on my 4-lug hubs and 14mm on the adapters, but he has (supposedly) wide 5 hubs which could be 12mm or could be 14mm and you certainly don't know what the thread pitch is until you put a thread  pitch gauge to them because you don't know who drilled/tapped the hubs for the studs or bolts.

Somewhere along the line these new guys (or even old guys) have to get over asking dumb questions, take responsibility for their cars and learn how to take care of them!

Look, Scott......   What you are asking is impossible for us to know.  Why?  Because you have "wide fives, a front disc brake conversation and the aluminum brake covers".     God only knows what was used in that conversion by someone we don't know and we certainly don't have a clue without being there and measuring the studs or bolts to figure it out.  Only YOU can do that, so remove a lug bolt or lug nut, go to a tire store or a decent mechanic or (even better) a decent machine shop and find out what they are.  Ed's suggestion is good, too.  Try Home Depot. 

It remains that simple.

 

Wow.

Lets add a bit of backstory to this little rant shall we?

My car is close to an hour away. Due to schedule, the absolute soonest I will be able to get there will be the week of December 3rd. Having recently decided to throw some money into this car, I have created a list of projects/parts and thought I would get things ordered in advance.

My pan is a 1967 - the transition year from what I can see at most of the parts houses. I have called VS  times in the past week to both order parts (bumpers/hardware/door panels) as well as to inquire what disc brake system they usually use/what the lug bolt size it. I cannot reach them or get a call back on my voicemails. Being that so many cars on this forum appear to have similar underpinnings and that many are familiar with VS builds, seemed like an easy place to go for that "dumb" information. This appears to have been an incorrect assumption on my part.

As far "learning how to take care of my car", this toy is currently sitting in my shop, with 20 other cars, all of which I have either built, restored or maintain. The only thing I farm out when needed is final paint. Your statement is an incorrect assumption on your part (pic attached).

Really was excited to spend time improving this car. Having recently sold two other Porsches, I figured this place would be a great new community to get involved with - like the past 17 years has been over at Pelican. 

So Gordon, I will take your advice. I am over it. Completely.

Best Wishes -

 

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XXXX,

I'm not speaking for Gordon, but for myself.  All of us on this and other forums we frequent can be guilty of mixing up the numbered mantra of 1, 2, 3-ready, aim, fire.  I have personally changed the sequence to ready, fire, aim on occasion on this forum, much to my later regret.

I'm not trying to talk you into staying, just saying that this forum does have a great bunch of guys, who occasionally exhibit human failings, putting myself at the very top of that list.  Sometimes the events of the day influence your responses, not always in a positive way.

I saw from your profile that you joined our community 7 years ago, but haven't been very active.  We all have something to contribute.  Please consider more participation, not less.  Best of luck in whatever you decide.

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