Bill, mind if i ask how much you paid for your rims? i found a pair and they guy suggested 100 for 4. Alloy 15". thanks
Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" University of Idaho www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Bill Kasper wrote: > on 7/10/01 5:19 PM, Rob Le Duc at vze2qww6@VERIZON.NET wrote: > > > i remember reading about putting merkur scorpio wheels on a vanagon was this > > a bolt on with no modification .... ??????? > > > > thanks > > rob > > > > > > 86 syncro ALTHEA > > > > rob, i have the merkurs on our syncro. they work fine, i have BFGATKO > 215/75/15s on them and there's no rubbing at all (except on the road!). > they're ET38, and i used a 6.5mm (1/4") spacer to bring them to ET31.5, > which is close to the stock ET30 on the SA 15" rims. they will not clear > the stub axle without the spacers, and there's not enough meat in the middle > to spin them to the correct diameter to fit over the stubs. > > just took delivery from benT of a set of longer studs for the hubs, so i can > have more than 6 turns of my lugnuts holding them on. > > i think ben now has a pic of our van showing the rims from afar on his > website (see one of his posts for the addy). i have two angles of close-ups > as well, and i am going to set him up so he can link to them from my > webspace in the next couple of days. > > good luck and let me know if you have any more questions. > > bill > '87 syncro westfalia > http://www.scruznet.com/~kasper/pics/westy/ > |
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