Factory 16" wheels (steel) are 5.5" wide with a 34mm offset. With 225mm wide tires there is lots of room (4cm) before hitting the trailing arm. At 22:04 8/13/98 -0700, Mark McCulley wrote: >At 12:10 AM 8/14/98 EDT, Kim Brennan wrote: >>I stand corrected on the "factory" allows (I thought they were 15", but it is >>reported to me that they are in fact 14" wheels 5.5" wide. Eurospec's wheels >>as advertised are 15" x 6.5" wide. >Factory alloys are 14x6, factory steel wheels are 14x5.5. > >MM > > -- David Marshall, Quesnel BC, mailto:david@volkswagen.org -- -- 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KQ -- -- 85 1.8L VW Cabrio, 88 1.6L VW Syncro Double Cab -- -- Volkswagen Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- USE DAVID@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG WHEN SENDING PMAIL -- |
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