Dear Matthew Pollard, If your Vanagon already has some South African alloy 15 inch wheels, try the original supplier for some South African 15 inch steel Vanagon (T3 Volksiebus) wheels. Alternatively, try <http://www.volkspares.co.za>. You will find your US dollar has tremendous purchasing power when you buy something in South Africa. Regards, Simon Glen Toowoomba, Australia 1992 VW T3 Transporter Syncro panel van 1969 VW 411 Matthew Pollard wrote: > and those are easy to come about in the USA.... > > Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 > Dept. of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu > University of Idaho http://www.uidaho.edu > > On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Simon Glen wrote: > > > South African T3 Volksiebuses (or Vanagons) and panel vans with the 1.8 > > litre Golf/Passat motor all came with 6Jx15 steel wheel rims as standard > > from 1990 until March 2000. The 5-cylinder South African T3 Microbuses and > > Caravelles (Vanagons to Americans) all came with 6.5Jx15 alloys and still > > do. > > > > Simon Glen > > Toowoomba, Australia > > 1992 Vw T3 Transporter Syncro panel van > > 1969 VW 411 > > > > Drew Bedford wrote: > > > > > To clarify, I did mean 15" steel wheel. I have 4 SA alloys and I'm > > > hoping to find steel for the spare. If someone has upgraded from Passat, > > > Audi, Mercedes 15" and wants to sell one, let me know. > > > > > > JordanVw@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > > vanagons never came w/ 15" steel wheels. 'xept the ones from South > > > > Africa. > > > > Just get one from a Passat, Audi, mercedes, etc. > > > > > > > > chris > > |
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