Date:         Thu, 16 May 2002 15:54:52 -0700
Reply-To:     "Randy A. Bergum" <organslave@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Randy A. Bergum" <organslave@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Wheels, nuts/bolts, etc.
Comments: To: DaveC <voicebox@DNAI.COM>
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Hey Listers:
        I just got the big brake kit installed and the rears adjusted right, and
to quote Jeff Doubter..............."It's Bitchen'...."

Randy Bergum
1990 Carat


> [Original Message]
> From: DaveC <voicebox@DNAI.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
 > Date: 5/16/2002 2:02:27 PM
> Subject: Wheels, nuts/bolts, etc.
>
> I'm expecting a set of SA Carat 2 alloy wheels and a big brake kit, soon.
>
> I'd like to stage the installation of these -- get the wheels on the
> 87 Vanagon before I start thinking about the brake upgrade.
>
> I've ordered a set of lug nuts with which I will mount the wheels on
> the rear hubs immediately.
>
> My question is what do I need to get these wheels on a stock Vanagon
> hub? I don't want to invest in a set of front bolts so to be able to
> mount the alloy wheels *temporarily* until I get the brake kit
> installed that takes studs and nuts.
>
> Any suggestions for a temporary means of doing this that won't cost a
limb?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> PS, Anybody come up with wheel locks for the Carat alloys, yet? (Set
> for 4 wheels, all use nuts, remember.)
> --
> Dave Carpenter
>
> Whatever you wish for me,
> May you have twice as much.
>
> "Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think
> we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering." -- Arthur C.
> Clarke