Date:         Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:15:12 -0400
Reply-To:     Daniel Stevens <dosteven@SYR.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Daniel Stevens <dosteven@SYR.EDU>
Subject:      Re: 15" steel wheels
Comments: To: kinesis@telnor.net
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well I went home and armed with my semi-trusty cordless dewalt. ran a 9/16" drill thru the lug holes.. 
they slip on my spare hub/rotor assembly and look actually pretty good for me.. 

now don't get me wrong. they're likely to get the more scientific memebers of the list's panties in a knot..
and I doubt i'd do this with anything other then the steel rims.  but I'll be sufficiently happy to mount these and doubt from the tightness they mount they'll vibrate

and if they do they'll be a cheap experiment as I initially bought them for the rubber. 

as for 225's being more suited for a 6-6.5" rim   well there are purists for everything.. then theres the rest of us.. 
soo i guess my 30x9.50 mounted on my baja's stock frnt rims would likely be bad too  

the 225-65-15's look fine on the MPV 5.5" rims. 
though I won't see how they'll ride till late fall early spring when my passenger van TD conversion to a wkender is complete



>>> <kinesis@telnor.net> 08/19/03 10:20PM >>>
on 8/19/03 11:56 AM, Daniel Stevens at dosteven@SYR.EDU wrote:

> Mazda MPV steel rims have the same bolt circle. the lug holes need to be
> drilled form 12mm to 14mm
> and I'm not sure on the center hub hole though I believe it fits. (have to
> gethome and double check mine)
> the rims are a 15Jx51/2 rim  I am not sure what the "J" offset designates

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> they are usually $16 +/- at your local junk yard.
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> I hear that Ford exploder.. err explorers also have  5X112mm patttern  as do
> Audi 5K Turbos and Mercedes (off sets are ET49mm vanagon are ET45)
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> just a FYI 
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> 
I saw here in mexico, a vanagon with ford ranger 89 rimns, i dont know what
triks have to do that, but i think it si a cheap option.
Ramon Celaya
syncro 86
weekender87