John Langowski wrote: > > Hello all, > I've got a real problem on my hands. I recently purchased a set of the > South African Alloys from Ken W. They are very very nice, but my > problem is I can not find the proper lugs for the fronts and am not > sure about the rears. My mechanic is telling me that the Passat lugs > (which Ken is recommending) don't have the proper taper where the lug > seats on the wheel. As for the rear, I had them mounted, but did not > feel comfortable with the amount of thread that is actually holding > the wheel on. My mechanic has no answer for this either. Could anyone > else who has purchased these wheels please tell me what they have done > to overcome these problems. > I would have thought the person who sold you the wheels would have an obligation to let you know how to mount them. |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.