Agreed. Mercedes CLK forged wheels saved me 6lb per wheel/tire combo over stock steel wheels and ride like a dream. 2010/2/11 Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> > The ET is definitely all wrong but European or Chinese, I still don't see > the point. Those wheels are mostly too narrow to be worth the trouble. > > Once you've tried 16 x 7 wheels on a Vanagon, there's no going back! =) > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Jason <uberhare@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Don't kid yourself. Even if they come from Europe, they may still be > > Chinese. There are many traders passing stuff off as their own. > > > > Jay > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Some of these are imported from Europe. > > > > > > They do look nice and some of them would look pretty good on an older > > > Vanagon. However, there's a small problem. Look at the back spacing: > > > http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ACC-C10-6628 > > > > > > 5.5 inch wide wheel with 3.25 inch back spacing means an ET of 13. > Stock > > > alloys have an ET of 30, which means these will protrude 17mm further > > out. > > > You should try and stick to stock ET as close as possible to maintain > > > steering geometry of the front suspension and minimize stresses on the > > > wheel > > > bearings. If you read the fine print at the bottom of the wheel > > > description > > > they actually recommend machining them to increase ET. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2010/2/9 Hector Zapata <hlzapata@gmail.com> > > > > > > > Some of you might find this interesting... > > > > > > > > http://www2.cip1.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1935 > > > > > > > > > > > > Héctor > > > > 1990 Carat 'Ursula' > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Chris S. > > > Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur" > > > > > > > > > -- > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > > Crescent Beach, BC > > www.thebassspa.com > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 >
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