You left out the width Casey, but yes they should fit.. The centres fit on my van fine. I did both of those mods for my van; drilled out the inserts to take the 14mm bolts in the front and removed the insert to accomodate extended nuts in the rear. Jake On 6/15/06, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just upgraded my 300TD to 17" rims, so I have the stock ET 37 15" rims > available for my Vanagon (will they fit?). Do you guys knock out the > Mercedes steel lug bolt inserts or ream them out to accept the larger > Vanagon bolts/studs? Also, I was under the impression that MB rims needed > to be machined in order to clear the 2WD front hubs--is this correct? > > TIA > > On 6/13/06, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4648173354 > > > > Not mine. Just thought someone might find this of use. These should bolt > > right on to a Vanagon 2wd or Syncro w/o any mods except maybe longer > > bolts and studs. Centerbore should work just fine. Offset looks correct > > as > > well. Botl pattern is also correct. > > > > > Casey > Olympia, WA > Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state" > '87 300TD intercooler #22 (215k) > '84 300D (213k) > Gashuffer: > '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K) > http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG >
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