Date:         Fri, 30 Oct 1998 23:15:40 -0800
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Mercedes Wheels
Comments: To: wbarker@NOTES.CC.BELLCORE.COM, vanagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <852566AD.00742CFC.00@notes950.cc.bellcore.com>
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Uh... sure... but I would need at least 3000 words to do it right... so I
will do a page on my site that explains it.  Look for it later this weekend
at:

http://www.volkswagen.org/Vanagon/Wheels

At 16:06 10/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Offset?  Why what do you mean??
>
>Can some over smart type person please explain (300000 words or less)
>everything we allway wanted to know about offset and it's Vanagon
>implications but were afraid to ask.  (now I am afraid)
>
>- Wil
>(address unknown)
>
>
>
>
>>| Mercedes uses a 5x112mm hole pattern.
>>| Are these wheels compatible with the Vanagon?
>
>        I looked at a set of the stock Mercedes 15" wheels recently and
>they
>do work with a vanagon. However, they have an offset of 49 which was a
>little
>high for my blood...
>
>dave
>
>

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