Date:         Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:22:23 EST
Reply-To:     BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
Subject:      WAS: Engine Conversion Transmissions NOW: Wheel adapters
Comments: To: motorbruce@hotmail.com
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In a message dated 1/14/03 12:26:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
motorbruce@hotmail.com writes:

<< P.S. Keep your eyes open for some really fantastic adaptors for installing
 Porsche wheels on Vanagons. I'm making them, and they will be available for
 sale soon. E-mail  me for pictures. >>

There is a steel adapter available commercially now at $69 a pair. There are
also a couple of online vendors who sell T-6061 billet adapters for $200-$220
plus shipping for a set of four. These things are always of interest to folks
if the cost is reasonable.

Otherwise, most are better off buying a proper Vanagon wheel for the money.
The weigh savings can also be negated by the extra weight of the adapter. The
saving grace would be in you already have a set of wheels that you want to
use. For example; If you buy a nice set of 15" Porsche Fuchs, they will set
you back $500 on the average -- USED. Add the cost of the adapter at (let's
say) $200, then your total cost is $700. You can purchase a very nice set of
SA 15" wheels for that kind of money -- NEW if not for less.

However, if you are after the adapter for the look of certain wheels then you
may not have a lot of choices. If the offset is already to your liking, you
can always redrill the wheels to the correct pattern for about $100 a set.
See at:

http://hometown.aol.com/realsf/howtopage3.html

BenT
<A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html">Vanagon
Cafe</A>