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Date:         Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:41:47 -0800
Reply-To:     "Danny C." <bruiserbabie@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Danny C." <bruiserbabie@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sorry, Another Question On the Audi Wheels
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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I put 2010 17 inch VW Passat wheels on my van and it handles just fine. I have a huge motor so it goes like hell!!!!   http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=700872

Danny C. Portland, Oregon '84 Westy (Vanny)    

--- On Thu, 1/13/11, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote:

From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> Subject: Re: Sorry, Another Question On the Audi Wheels To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 5:04 PM

I agree.  Someone was paid good money to come up with the appropriate wheels for any given vehicle - a combination of appearance, performance, handling, and safety.  He has way more knowledge than I do (perhaps even letters after his name!), and I defer to his judgment on wheel selection.

Better tire selection; we have plenty (Kumho, Hankook, Nokian, and a host of others in appropriate sizes and structures; if/when that changes I'll go to another size.  Appearance: in the eye of the beholder, but I think big rims look goofy.  Performance: mine is fine.  Not fast, but fine.  I have a higher fourth gear for lower rpms at cruise and haven't lost acceleration to bigger wheels.  Safety; slightly lower CG for better handling, other than that, I'm not that well-paid expert in the earlier paragraph.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of |Dave Mcneely |Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:26 PM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: Sorry, Another Question On the Audi Wheels | |---- J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote: | I've had over 80 cars in my 52 years, and probably put different or |aftermarket rims on 30 of them and never had this much to deal with. Now I |know why I left stock wheels on my other vanagons! Jeff |> Jeff Stewart | |I've always been confused as to why people put non-stock rims on cars in |the first place, but then I just try to use a vehicle as it was built to be |used.  If I didn't think that kind of vehicle would serve my purposes as |designed/built, I'd get a different kind.  But, different folks have |different ideas. | |One thing I've noticed in recent years is very large rims and consequently |very thin (very low aspect ratio) tires.  I know about the notion of |"performance," but isn't holding up to potholes, and for us vanagon users |rough, unpaved roads considered performance, too? | |-- |David McNeely


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