Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:30:11 -0700
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Wheels (reprise)
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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
>
>

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