Date:         Mon, 18 Jan 1999 10:39:02 -0800
Reply-To:     Dave Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Bayer <bayer@SYBASE.COM>
Subject:      Re: JEEP wheels
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>| A list member mentioned using jeep wheels on his vanagon a while back.
>|
>| I was under the impression these wheels have the same bolt pattern as the
>| vanagon.  I'm sure the offset is wrong, but I can figure that out later.
>| I couldn't resist a set of mint cond. alloy wheels with practically new
>| yokohamas for $140, so I bought them.
>| Then I go home and find the bolt pattern is not quite the same.  Very close,
>| but not exact.  Probably because the jeep bolt circle is not metric.  This
>| is where the list member comes in.

        For future reference (for anybody else looking into this), only
rims off certain Jeeps from certain years will work. For the life of me,
I cannot remember where I found the info on bolt patterns nor can I remember
exactly which years and which makes have the 5x112 bolt pattern. I do
however believe they had a suitable offset...

dave