In a message dated 9/14/05 10:31:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM writes:
> i have a set of 15x6 steel wheels in my garagae from a jeep wrangler > that i no longer own. the bolt pattern is 5x114.3, so they won't fit on > my 5x112 van. is it possible to knock out the centers of my van's steel > wheels, and mate them with the jeep wheels? > > Lucas at GoWesty makes mention of something like this: > "I took a set of original 14" VW Bus wheels, cut the welds and knocked > out the centers, bought some 15x7" Pontiac "drop-center" rally wheels > did the same. I threw away the VW outers, threw away the Pontiac > centers, and installed the VW centers in the Pontiac outers, thus > creating a 15x7" wheel for my VW camper." > > "knock out the centers" sounds real easy :<) LOL why re-invent the wheel? (pun intended) the SA wheels dont require knocking. but, if youre cheap like me, just get some audi or passat wheels and machine the centers.. cutting and rewelding the centers on a wheel? bah.. talk about a nightmare.. what about offsets and balance? youd never get it right.. youd prolly have to run 20 wheel weights on each wheel to get them to at least keep from wearing your bearings/tires out like mad.. that'd be one wobbling westy.. chris |
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