Date:         Sun, 30 May 1999 23:53:28 +0200
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: marshall.. will 16"audi A4 wheels fit a 5000 turbo..orvanagon?
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>, JordanVW@AOL.COM
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David Marshall wrote:

> AFAIK Audi still uses 5x 112mm bolt patterns.  I have no idea what the
> offsets of these wheels are.  More than likely the are ET40+mm which would
> be too much for the Vanagon.
>
> Thinking about all this, perhaps they are NOT 5x 112mm - I was eyeing up
> the 5 spoke 16" New Beetle wheels and they are 5x 100mm bolt pattern.   The
> NB is supposed to be based on the Audi A3 platform as well the Golf 4 and
> Jetta 4.  The VW dealership here lost their Audi dealership as they sold
> less than 10 Audis a year so I have no friendly techs who whould be able to
> answer this.

Chris, David, et al!

The Audis A4, A6 and A8, including S4, S6, S8 versions have a 112x5 bolt
pattern.
VW Passat (97-up), VW buses (71-up) and VW Sharan also have a 112x5 bolt
pattern.
The NB, Golf 4, Jetta 4, Audi A3 uses a 100x5 bolt pattern.
Some Golf 3, Jetta 3 and 88-96 Passats also uses 100x5 bolt pattern.

To put it in another way:
All Audis since 1986 uses either 108x4 or 112x5 bolt pattern.
All 4-bolt VWs, water-cooled has a 100x4 bolt pattern, also some pre-86 Audis
uses this.
All 5-bolt VW passenger cars uses 100x5 bolt pattern, EXCEPT the current
generation Passat, which uses 112x5, because it shares the chassis, suspension,
brakes and wheels with the Audi A4.

I don't know the offsets, that is really independent from wheel to wheel, they
are mostly made to fit a car.

74 PerL
88 Syncro 112i