Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 22:31:42 -0800
Reply-To: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 16" steel wheels?/E code lights, relays
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Oh, well I hope you'll keep on offering the lights, cause I really need to
get them when I can afford to... and probably a back up pair for when I get
a second vanagon... (H4s), so would stebros relay make it easier to put the
lights in?
>From: "David Marshall" <vanagon@volkswagen.org>
>
>The 16" wheel arches will fit non-Syncros - trimming will be required on
>all
>14" Vanagons. I have 29.5" tires on my Syncro - this is not the biggest
>you
>can fit using these wheel arches, it is the biggest that the rear trailing
>arms will allow though.
>
>The European and North American high beams are the same.
>
>We are no longer offering a light relay harness for the Vanagon.
>
>David Marshall
>
>Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
>4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
>Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3
>
>http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca
>Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992 1160
>
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>Of Mark Dorm
>Sent: February 17, 2003 9:27 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: 16" steel wheels?/E code lights, relays
>
>
>Do these 16 inch wheels fit non-synchros? And I'm curious what the answer
>is
>for tires in these things? What size would they be and who makes them?
>
>Also, in looking at Fast Forwards web site... I never knew there were E
>code
>hi beams... (H3), I was aware of there being E code low beams (H4) - but
>thought that the hi beams would just be the same... Does anyone know the
>difference between Stebros relay and the plug and play unit/kit that Fast
>Forward offers...
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Robert Berkemer <berky@WWT.NET>
> >Reply-To: Robert Berkemer <berky@WWT.NET>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: 16" steel wheels?
> >Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 22:21:16 -0600
> >
> >David,
> >
> >Yes I have seen your web site (many times ;- ) and have lusted over the
> >beautiful factory 16" wheels. Trouble is that I can't find a tire for a
> >16"wheel that will match the diameter of my 14"wheel with stock tire. I
>can
> >do
> >it with a 15"steel wheel (215/65). Even so, I'm not finding many options
> >available in the U.S. for tires for either the 14 or 15" wheels that
>match
> >the
> >stock 185-80 vanagon tire diameter. With the little power these vehicles
> >have
> >if I increase the diameter of the tires I'll not be able to get over the
> >mountains (or even up a steep hill) without a booster rocket!
> >
> >Later, Bob
> >
> >David Marshall wrote:
> >
> > > I carry the 16" steel wheels (for tha Vanagon) in stock - they are
> >16x5.5"
> > > and have an offset of 35mm. The Eurovan ones are either 45 or 52mm -
> >forget
> > > exactly what they are at this moment... anyhow they would be incorrect
> >for
> > > the Vanagon.
> > >
> > > David Marshall
> > >
> > > Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
> > > 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
> > > Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3
> > >
> > > http://www.fastforward.ca mailto:sales@fastforward.ca
> > > Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992 1160
> > >
> > > - Vanagon Accessories and Engine Conversions
> > > - Vanagon, Transporter and Iltis Sales and Importation
> > > - European Lighting for most Volkswagen models
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> > > Of Robert Berkemer
> > > Sent: February 16, 2003 5:37 PM
> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > > Subject: 16" steel wheels?
> > >
> > > Yesterday my wife (who loves to prepare gourmet meals in our westy
>when
> > > we're in the boonies) and I went to the annual RV show in Minneapolis.
> > > It breaks the monotony of winter and once in a while you see some new
> > > interesting "small" future alternative to the westy like a diesel
> > > sportsmobile! Anyway in addition to seeing a new 16' Airstream and the
> > > first (to me) iteration of the Mercedes Sprinter via Freightliner 5
> > > cylinder manual camper rated at 22 mpg, I say a new eurobago with very
> > > nice steel wheels painted silver with neat little hub caps. I didn't
> > > think to get down and check the tire size but they may have very well
> > > been 16" steel wheels. So...I was wondering if anyone knows and in
> > > particular whether these would have the same offset as the vanagon and
> > > bolt pattern? I'm really looking for 15" steel wheels for my westy but
> > > the ones on Tiico's site are a bit pricey for steel!
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Bob
> > > 84 westy
>
>
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