Date:         Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:30:40 -0500
Reply-To:     Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jason <uberhare@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cip1.com - wheels 5x112mm
In-Reply-To:  <5ebe10a1002110817y7c99d5fbn37fb397f54c80c47@mail.gmail.com>
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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"
>