Date:         Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:19:15 -0700
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Audi Turbo alloys wheels are ok by me
Comments: To: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
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Look at    http://www.vanagon.com/  ,under info section, wheels. There
you will find photos of many different wheels that can be made to work
on Vanagons, including the Audi ones.

Mark

Mark Dorm wrote:
>
> what do these wheels by audi look like?
>
> >From: mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
>
> >
> >In my experience on a heavily loaded Syncro Camper, stock Audi Turbo
> >alloy wheels are quite strong. I found them much more durable than the
> >stock Vanagon alloys. The Vanagon alloys chip, crack, dent, and bend so
> >badly that they drag on the brake calipers. My Audi alloys suffered no
> >such damage ever even though they were driven on the same roads and with
> >even heavier loads. The Audis saw thousands of potholes each, tens of
> >thousands of miles of bad Mexican roads with no damage. The VW alloys
> >they replaced failed often...