Jan, I don't know about current prices for the nuts and studs (sounds very high, but that's to be expected for Vanagon parts...), but the ones for the allow wheels ARE all different from the steel wheel ones, and you will have to get longer studs for the rear. I would not use the standard nuts or bolts for allow wheels, since the tapers look different, and I think you might have dangerous wear and loosening problems on the alloys. Dave 87 Wolfsburg (allow wheels) 90 Westfalia (steel wheels) Lincoln Mass. At 11:01 PM 10/8/97 +0200, J.W.Briër wrote: >Hi there, > >I have the following question: > >For my '81 diesel Vanagon (pictures on my web site >http://home.pi.net/~jwbrier/jwbus.htm) I managed to buy a set (5) of >original VW allow wheels. These wheels were sold by VW on '85 thru 89 >vanagons (Caravelles). > >As it turns out I cannot use the nuts and bolts that hold the old steel >rims. The shape of the hole where it mates with the head of the nut is >conical rather than round. > >I checked with the VW dealer (that's not VW was their first reaction, >although they genuinely are). They found the wheels on the fiche and quoted >the price of the nuts (5$ each) and the bolts ($9 each). That comes to $140 >in total! They were very apprehensive about the whole thing. > >Two questions: > >1. Anyone knows anything about this? Suggestions? >2. The wheels are somewhat thicker (+ 1cm / 0.5") than the steel ones. Are >the studs for the rear wheels long enough to mount the alloy wheels? Or >should they be replaced with longer ones? > > >Jan Willem Briër (mr), Consultant, The Netherlands. >______________________________________________ >E-mail: jwbrier@pi.net >Tel. +31 (318) 548857, fax +31 (318) 548101 >______________________________________________ >Personal web: http://home.pi.net/~jwbrier >VW-bus page: http://home.pi.net/~jwbrier/jwbus.htm >'77 Westy, '81 diesel > > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.