Date:         Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:08:49 -0800
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Merkur Scorpio alloys & other wheels which can fit Vanagon
Comments: To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Thanks, Ben.  I test-fitted a Nissan Maxima 114.3 alloy wheel to my Westy
> when the neighbor was installing new struts on his car. It went on
> grudgingly, binding on the inside edges of the lug holes as you might
> expect, and definitely would have needed longer lugs/bolts with a different
> seat in order to be secure.
>
> When I finally wear out the Wynstar Phaser 14" tires on my van I'll be
> searching for 15" wheels for an upgrade, so I welcome info on 15s.
>
> Stephen



Stephen,

The Maxima 5 X 114.3mm alloys can be fitted to the Vanagon only if there
is at least a 2mm play in the lughole. The adapter lugbolts/nuts need that
much space to compensate for the difference in the patterns. In simple
English, the hole
has to be about 17mm in size to accommodate the wobble washer on these
special hardware. It't an update on the old
Cragar Unilugs from the 60's and 70's. If the holes in the wheels require
that the lugholes need to be enlarged to fit these
special lugnuts, then you might as well redrill them to fit. Go to the
bottom of this webpage to see how that works:

http://sites.google.com/site/vanagoncafe/vanagon-cafe-how-to-page


BenT