Date:         Sat, 1 Aug 2009 19:26:50 -0600
Reply-To:     Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 15" steel rims?
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
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GW doesn't have them in stock either, but at least you have another option.I
know 2 people with these on their vans, both Syncro's, and they swear by
them.
Robust, good looking, functional, and as you said, gives them more tire
options.
One runs Hakka's, the other BFG's.
http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_category.php?id=143

By the way, both these guys have them in black, not the silver color.
Look good with chrome nuts.

bob

It'd be
> the right time to swap to some 15" rims, both for a little increased ground
> clearance and for the additional tire options available in 15".  I am not
> interested in alloy wheels, not for a vehicle I take off road or onto
> really
> crappy roads...I have bent and broken alloy wheels and been left with no
> spare in dicey situations..so it's steel for me.  I have, on two occasions,
>  'hammered-out' bent steel rims, got them back into shape well enough
> to continue on some remote Mexico and desert trips..
>  The only sure source I see, upon 'cursorial lookage' is Van Cafe and they
> are 'out of stock' and also a hundred bucks each  (I didn't even consider
> the freight cost..)...a bit much for plain steel wheels on my budget.  Has
> anyone ever found any other steel wheels in 15" size that will work on a
> 2wd
> Vanagon without machine work or extra long studs..  Or does anyone have any
> "steelies" left from an "upgrade" FS within a few hundred miles of PDX
> (Portland, Or.)?...
>  I guess I could start with the Samba..Knowing what other vehicles might
> have similar offsets to the Vanagons 14" stocker rims might be a good help,
> then I could also scour the junkyards, etc..
>  Thanks,  Don Hanson
>