Date:         Mon, 10 Aug 1998 09:08:02 -0400
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
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From:         Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wheels
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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I am currently using 14"x7" chrome steel rims w/ 23mm offset running BFG 27"x8.5" tires -- PLENTY of room all around. I stringly suspect 8" rims (w/ 19mm offset?) would be no problem running up to a 29"x9.5" tire. BTW, Projekztwo offers 9" rims -- but they MAY need flares...


At 11:42 PM 8/9/98 EDT, Kim Brennan wrote:

>Price is not a concern to me (really!) I.E. The Eurospec price ($129 each?)

>seems quite inexpensive. However, I don't know what the maximum WIDTH wheel I

>can stick on my Syncro is. Will a 7" wide wheel be okay (no rubbing), assuming

>it has the proper offset? What about 7.5"? How about 8"? I'd prefer a set of

>15" or 16" alloy wheels, in place of my stock 14" steel ones. I've seen some

>wheels, that I think would be appropriate, but they come in a minimum of 7"

>widths (my experience with top end wheels, is that the manufacturers that I've

>bought from, will drill the lug nut holes and set the offset as appropriate

>for the vehicle, but that won't do me any good if the width is too wide to

>begin with.)




<bold>Michael J. Sullivan

</bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design

Open Market, Inc.

</italic>

'87 GL Syncro Westfalia

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