Size of the wheel centre bore?

Post by **pouch** » 05 Oct 2006, 11:08

Just as it says, I was wondering if anyone knows the size of the centre bore on standard wheels?

I can't get to the van until Friday night and I am trying to find some alloys to replace as I am due new tyres on the existing wheels, so a change seems worth a go.

Also I believe it is the fronts which have the larger centre hols, if I need to get some alloys milled out, will it be easy? expensive? any thoughts.

Found some wheel of of an early Passat VR6 15"

Cheers

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 05 Oct 2006, 13:45

64mm needed to clear the front hubs, rears are OK with 57mm (standard VW hole size)

Needs doing either on a lathe or with a boring bar on a miller, or you could do it with a rotary table on a miller. Did mine with the boring bar.

Post by **pouch** » 05 Oct 2006, 14:00

That's great

Thanks for your help!

Post by **Westy.Club.Joker** » 06 Oct 2006, 18:14

No worries, pity you`re in Oxford, I could do the job for a small fee

You could also try B & Q for a 64mm drill bit?

Note, I didn`t need to bore right through the front rims, so I retained the original fitting VW centre caps (I have got 20mm spacers front and back)