Newbie question?

You got it, The old style VW 5 bolt wheels are called Wide 5's

Wide fives are very nice, but converting is not cheap. 

Thanks, that is what I thought was meant

I included this summary of my recent wide 5 conversion project on a separate thread. Good luck!

A summary of my project attached for those interested --- Conversion of my 2013 built VS  from 4 lug (AC Ind) front disk and rear drums to wide-5 front disk  (AC Industries) and wide 5 rear drums.

Parts from SoCal imports-

- VS specific wide 5 front disk kit ( excludes master cylinder and brake lines).

- OEM front drum spindles (to replace non OEM spindles installed with 4 lug disk kit).

- '67 wide 5 rear drums (to fit #270 brake pad rear brake assembly installed by VS, on short swing axel).

- 20 wheel studs M12 x 1.5/ 20 lug nuts ball seat open ended M12- Porsche style

Parts from Cip1-

- 4 wheels 10D patterns, 15x 5.5, 3 3/4 back spacing- silver

- 1 wheels 10D patterns, 15x 4.5, for spare tire

- 4 baby moons

Parts from CB Perf-

- aluminum drum covers 

- steel bradded brake lines (sourced from local Seattle shop)

- wheels mounted/ balanced/ rubber valve stem- Les Schwab 

TOTAL COST: smidge under $1100 (shopped the sales over the summer)

LABOR (newbie with limited brake system experience):

- 4hrs- to remove 4 lug disk front, spindles, rear drums, and install new front and rear parts.

- 4hrs- took three attempts to successfully bleed the system of air, and adjust rear drums.

LESSONS LEARNED-

- Andy and his team at SoCal imports/ AC industries are AWESOME.  They helped me plan the conversion, source the right parts for my car, and troubleshoot the installation.  Highly recommend working with these guys. 

- bleeding the system was tricky for me.  What helped me- jack the car one wheel at a time during the bleeding process to ensure bleeder valve is highest point in the system, and higher than Master Cylinder at time of bleeding.

  Start bleeding from the rear L, then rear R, then front R, n finally front L.  Also helped me to remove each front disk caliper from bracket, bring bleeder to 12 o'clock position on the rotor, as i bleed each front corner.  (air was trapped in caliper when I tried bleeding with the caliper installed in bracket.) re-attach to bracket after bleeding.

- rear drums- remember to adjust both pads on each rear drum.  I originally only adjusted one.  This contributed to the long pedal travel and weak braking.

- Alignment - for this I had to recruit an experienced VW guy.  A case of beer and a short lesson later and I completed my first alignment. Aligned to the specs Kirk from VS provided.

Cheers,

Luis

Luis-

Thanks for making this easier for somebody down the road. It's a real help you've provided.

Luis,

Thanks for the information. I do not plan to convert my car over though just curious about wide fives being a stock type early VW wheel