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Date:         Tue, 18 Mar 1997 11:31:51 -0800
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From:         Paul Uusitalo <puusital@Adobe.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alloy Wheels

Does anyone have direct experience with Borbet wheels (or any other 3rd party, for that matter) being an inferior product? Also, I'm a bit confused as to why the lug nuts one would purchase with a set of wheels would not properly fit those wheels?

Paul

At 6:33 PM -0800 3/17/1997, Roy I Mathers wrote: >Kenyon; > >You should really check out those" look alike" "MERCEDES WHEELS" prior to >selling them or buying them as you are attempting to do, They are not as >solid, nor as sturdy, nor do they resemble the FACTORY VW ALLOY WHEEL >BUILT FOR THE VANS,the lug nuts are not safely mountable as they do not fit >the concave of the rim, and if you do still attempt to use these wheels >on your vans, make sure you get a lug wrench or tool that will fit the nut >on the wheel in the event you have to change a wheel, also when you >have 15"tires mounted on 15"wheels you need to consider the shortening >of the turning radius and the bottoming out onto the larger tire and >wheel,because unless you raise the front and rear you have certainly >lost circumference room and risk citting into the tire causing a >blowout,I speak from experience and of course this is OMHO, >


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