Date:         Fri, 21 Aug 2015 18:08:55 -0400
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From:         Chris Szpejankowski <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mercedes 16 inch wheels for Vanagon?
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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Jim, get the wheel size and offset (ET) and post them here. We will be able to tell you what might work. 

Forged Mercedes CLK wheels are the way to, though. They are lighter than 14'' steel wheels  .  10mm spacers up front and you can run 225/60R16 tires. 


 

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Dnia 21 sie 2015 o godz. 17:43 Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):

> *Sorry about the cross post* Not really, but it seems to be the obligatory

> thing to say when reaching out to two groups. I have never understood why.

> 
> Anyway, I have a friend who is offering me 5 Mercedes 16 inch wheels for
> the taking. He got them for his Vanagon, which by the time he is done with

> it may be the finest redone vanagon in existence, seriously.
> 
> But he is going with another set of forged wheels.Will 16 inch wheels fit,

> with the proper spacers, on my Vanagon? In the wheel wells? In the
> clamshell?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim