Mounting tires on wide fives

Back in my wide 5 days, I made an adapter from a front brake drum.  Worked fine.

Like with other cars.

- buy tires

- take rims and tires to Les Shwab  ( or any other qualified shop).

- not all shops that service beetles will have a wide 5 balance adaptor ( like the samba one you list in your post).   Some of our local LesSchwabs do.... just call your preferred shop to find out.

- I purchased my own adaptor.... Always safe to bring your own. Last june the shop I had been taking my wide5 cars to for years somehow misplaced their wide-5 adaptor and were not planning re-stocking the adaptor.... So, I purchased my own Mainely Designs balance adaptor to avoid any future surprises/wasted Saturday mornings...  side note- unfortunately the mainely design owner retired in 2015 and sold the business to a porsche design shop... they still sell them but at premium for Porsche guys.

- lesschwab mount and balance for the same nominal fee they charge on other cars. I think I paid 26$ last summer when I swaped out/mounted/added chrome stem valves/ balanced my vintage 190 rims.

- always good to remind the shop technician to put any of the necessary balancing weights on the inside of the rim ( wheelwell facing side, in lieu of street facing side) so you don't have to look at the ugly weights... which will definitely stand out more if you have chrome rims.

- some shops will also have nicer chrome ( vs black) air valves... nice touch... and may only cost you 1$ more than the black ones which come included in the mounting fee.

good luck

Alan has an adaptor for sale as we write this.   Check his listing on the site

https://www.speedsterowners.com...sc-speedster-parts-3

@Alan Merklin ...

I think "fast" Eddy bought it.

Mr Ed has dibs on it.

I think I'll order the one off of SAMBA.  I live in a small town and there is no way any of the tire shops would have a 5x205 adapter.

Ron, thanks for that link, that's a great product and a good price!

Rent it from Eddy!

crhemi (Bill) poboiinhawaii posted:

Rent it from Eddy!

As long as he's willing to drive over and drop it off.....

I'll just wait while you use it.