My 15 x 6.5 MB alloys were 1/2 the price of Vanagon Carat wheels. On my other van I'm running late model Mercedes steel wheels in 16 x 7 x 37ET Cheap like borscht and they use the stock hardware... On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Dunno what kinda money everyone is talking when they describe making other > brand wheels fit and work properly on a Vanagon, but some of the > modifications (drilling, different studs, spacers, machine work) sounds > pretty pricey. We might even be up into the custom wheel price range by > the > time all is done, eh? > Might be worthwhile to consider real custom wheels, like HRE, Knessis, > etc. These can be made to any specs you want or need. The ones I've used > (I had two sets of Knessis and a set of HRE for my racecar) were 3-peice > wheels with forged centers. The off-set, width and diameter can be > configured to your specs by choosing different rim configurations. You can > just tell them what you want and choose the centers you like. I built my > own when I modified my car to accept 12.5" wide tires at all four corners. > I > had spare parts for when a rim might be damaged running over a 911 or a > Viper(grin). > Might be a good way to go if you have a syncro and insist on using alloy > wheels off road or have problems with potholes in your locale. You can > send > a damaged wheel back and have the bent rim replaced at a reasonable cost. > Just an idea, if indeed buying and adapting other wheels is as expensive > as it sounds. > Don Hanson > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 12:31 PM, David Kao <dtkao0205@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > In the archive there was a trip report to Baja California with > > 15" Audi 5000 rims fitted to a Vanagon. The author said the > > Audi rims were able to survive his journey but not the OEM VW > > alloy wheels. The VW OEM alloy wheels not only look thin and weak > > they will not take the beating if you tend to travel into forests, > > canyon roads and mountain peaks where the roads are often unpaved. > > The Audi 5000 rims apparently stood out much better. Those VW > > OEM 14" alloy wheels are for city driving. > > > > By grinding the center bore of the Audi rims it does make the bore > > larger. But VW OEM rims have that large bore in the first place. > > If that makes Audi rims unsafe the OEM alloy rims are unsafe too. > > > > David > > > > > > > > > But, removing > > > metal from wheels that were designed for a sedan in order > > > to make them > > > fit ............... . Hmmmm. Just wondering. > > > > > > Dave Mc > > >
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