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Date:   Fri, 12 Nov 1999 21:56:51 EST
Reply-To:   Wolfvan88@AOL.COM
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From:   Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@AOL.COM>
Subject:   Re: New 15in wheels (here we go again)
Comments:   To: JordanVw@aol.com
Comments:   cc: vanagon@vanagon.com
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In a message dated 11/11/99 11:53:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, JordanVw writes:

<< hmmmmm....i dont seem to recall a "lip" being on the vanagon steel wheels..... The wheel is held to the stub axle by the area surrounding the lug nuts/bolts. not the center. as long as you leave enough metal (and the application we are talking about, will - the amount being machined off aint much at all) between the lug holes and center hub hole, there wont be a problem of stress on the wheel. take the '70 down Bus, and '67 down type 1's. that's one helluva big hole in the middle of the wheel, right? >>

True with the Vanagon BUT the passat rims steel is thinner than the Vanagons steel rim (I am talking about the thickness on the metal and is the metal the same durability as the Vanagons steel??). I do not know, I am NOT a machinist, SO I do not want to take a chance on a rim that "might" work. It might fit BUT are you willing to risk your life on it?? I am not, that is why I am listening to the expert with experience...

Robert

Saving for a set of Vanagon rims...


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