I agree with you Jeff... I'm not a big alloy wheel fan either. I had a set of SA "sunburst" alloys which were beautiful wheels, but to me they seemed a bit out of place on my plain syncro passenger van. Now I've got the TiiCo 15" steel wheels - I painted them with Rust-O-Leum "Stainless Steel" color paint prior to mounting the tires and IMO they look pretty slick. No, the "classic" chrome hubcaps don't fit. For $85, David Marshall at Fast Forward sells a set of "wheel caps & fastener covers" which fit the stock 14" steel wheels and the "syncro 16" steel wheels... I'm not sure if they fit the TiiCo wheels though, so be sure to check. Of course, for $3.50 you can cover up your rusty hubs & lugnuts... spray them with some flat black paint (don't get it on the threads!) - it's actually a nice look with plain silver-ish steel wheels. Doug Fitz-Randolph Freeport, ME ---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:34:21 -0400 From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM> Subject: 15" Wheels/Tires Ok so with all this wheel and tire talk recently I got to thinking - it seems clear that a 15" wheel is the preferred size for a Vanagon and should have been the stock size. Now I like the idea of more stability and better handling by upsizing in this area however I am not a fancy alloy wheel kind of guy - I kinda like my Vanagon "ugly" like it was meant to be - so are there 15" rims that can be purchased that I can still put my "classic" VW chrome dome hub caps on? I know sort of a dumb question but I figure someone here will know. -- Thanks, Jeff |
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