Aircooled VW South Africa

unfortunately not. Only know of one place in cape town.

btw, I like how you manage this thread

SouL wrote:

MINCE wrote:There are loads of ways standard beetle rims can be painted, or treated with accesories to make them suit any taste. You can widen them too.

I appreciate the honest advice.....I think you are right, to stick with the standard rims....only reason I would go for aftermarket rims would to have them wider than the stock.... would you know of any one around the JHB area that would be able to widen my stock rims?

Speak to the guys at Vaal Piet's wide rims, they are in Vanderbijl Park and do rim widening @ R350-00 per wheel (last time I heard) Tel: 016-986-1317
As for re-finishing the wheels I would recomend getting them powder coated, you can have it done in almost any colour under the sun these days. Try J.G Powder Coaters for that - Tel: 11 914 3094 / 4163 - they are in Boksburg.

here is what can be done with what you have or can easily get.
chromed. powdercoated, whatever. And they look cool and will be for little money

riaanj wrote: Speak to the guys at Vaal Piet's wide rims, they are in Vanderbijl Park and do rim widening @ R350-00 per wheel (last time I heard) Tel: 016-986-1317
As for re-finishing the wheels I would recomend getting them powder coated, you can have it done in almost any colour under the sun these days. Try J.G Powder Coaters for that - Tel: 11 914 3094 / 4163 - they are in Boksburg.

You the man!!!

MINCE wrote:here is what can be done with what you have or can easily get.
chromed. powdercoated, whatever. And they look cool and will be for little money

Dood omf please dont tease me like that again

hahahaha

Must say those chrome rims look tit!

Is there a big defference betweent he single a twin port motors? I head the twin port have a better top end but the single have more torque, from what I have been told. I have a single port and been wodering if it's worth while sourcing out a twin port but if there isnt much difference then I wont bother

SouL wrote:

riaanj wrote: Speak to the guys at Vaal Piet's wide rims, they are in Vanderbijl Park and do rim widening @ R350-00 per wheel (last time I heard) Tel: 016-986-1317
As for re-finishing the wheels I would recomend getting them powder coated, you can have it done in almost any colour under the sun these days. Try J.G Powder Coaters for that - Tel: 11 914 3094 / 4163 - they are in Boksburg.

You the man!!!

Only a pleasure, glad I could be of assistance.

In return, all I ask is that you keep us posted on your progress, its always interesting to check..

riaanj wrote: In return, all I ask is that you keep us posted on your progress, its always interesting to check..

Deal!
No to determine what width rim to widen mine to
I called the guys in Vanderbijl and he said some guys go up to a 225 to 235 tyre on the back

vader wrote: 3) Swop your trumpets for a GOOD 4into1 exhast. Big gains there when matched with the head work and carb work.

Ok will look into it as a thought those trumpets were already good for performance?

I had Cowley trumpets on The DarkSide for many years and was of the same mind as you, wrt thier performance, until i swopped to a TNT Performance 4into1. Man it was remarkable and the sound was better than the trumpets which do sound great. You just have better backpressure with a 4into 1.

But then again when I changed exhausts I also upgraded to the 1917cc so the power was there.....

Where did you buy them and how much?

suggestion.... read the link below

http://www.aircooledvwsa.co.za/viewtopi ... =1&t=17979

what type of exaust would best work for fleetline bus? Im tempted to do the same type of porting and head work on a later stage as vader recommended.
I saw volkspares got a beetle sp exaust.
Where in pta or jhb would one get a ready made 4in 1 exaust? Or do one need to make one up?

Just checked on my rims size and they 14" rim with 195R14 tyre on them...I thought the standard white rim was a 15"

louisvr45 wrote:Where in pta or jhb would one get a ready made 4in 1 exaust?

I called Volkspares yesterday and got the following quote:

R1134 for some localy made 4 in 1 excl J-Pipes @ R150
R2110 stainless 4 in 1 which includes the J-pipes

SouL wrote:Just checked on my rims size and they 14" rim with 195R14 tyre on them...I thought the standard white rim was a 15"

Beetles came out with 14" and 15" as standard, I think it just differs with year models..
The wheels you have on the buggy are obviously not std. VW items, I had the same wheels on my beetle, also 14"..