Date:         Thu, 26 Mar 1998 14:22:38 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Organization: Open Market
Subject:      Re: Go Jump...Re: Warning! Audi and Mercedes wheels are dangerous
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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chris of jordanvw@aol.com wrote:

>  w/ grinding a small edge off the suspension component that comes closest to the
> wheel (cant think of the name at the moment) the component is heavy cast metal,
> and doing
> this doesnt alter integrity. therefore i dont have to run spacers at all.

I rest my case...

> god...if everyone was this ANAL about our Vans, we'd never drive them...
> so, why dont you just go buy a set of new Projectzwo wheels from germany, blow
> $1500 or whatever they cost and stop complaining about something that you're
> not going to do on your van anyway???

I did, and they only cost around $150 each (about the same as used 6" VW alloys)
with today's currency exchange. They would be even less if I had bought them
directly from Brazil, skipping the Winkler middleman altogether.

By the way -- what's this fascination with things anal?

Cheers,

Michael J. Sullivan
Director of Catalog Design
Open Market Inc.

'87 GL Syncro Westfalia
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