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• New Tires Installed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:01:17 -0600
  I was faced with replacing my MXT's, and since they are not longer available, I looked at going to 15 inch rims to...
• Re: syncro oem rims
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:43:00 EST
  In a message dated 3/31/03 2:49:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM writes: > << what are "syncro oem rims"? the...
• Re: FS 15" wheels, was FYI Audi wheels are a direct fit........
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:29:44 -0700
  ...250 delivered for 5 rims. > > Does that include delivery to New Zealand? > > BenT >
• wheel and tire guide link
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Fri, 1 Aug 2003 11:07:34 -0400
  ...they are 15Jx 51/2 rims came with winter tread tires of 215R/65/15 (rated @ 1510lbs max inflation 44#'s). they wre on...
• Re: What size tire for 16" rim?
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Wed, 23 May 2007 13:29:47 -0600
  ...Your 7" wide rims will accept the extra width. Phil from Campbell River runs 16" rims and Nokian tires on his van but I...
• Looking for feedback on Rondell alloy rims
  Historical mailing list - Gerry Lepage
  Tue, 3 Jun 2008 18:05:09 -0400
  ...weight? Are there any other recommendations? I wanted the 17 inch rims from Bus Depot but could not find a 6 ply tire in...
• Re: OEM Mercedes 16X8J 5 spoke alloy rims
  Historical mailing list - BenT .
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:57:50 +0000
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• Re: Mercedes rims ET48 - bad idea?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:54:27 -0700
  we have spacers on the shelf; they are cheap. John Aircooled.Net
• wheel torque specs
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 14:12:54 -0700
  BTW: These are the 15" Rhein alloy rims I was seeking torque specs on. -john
• Re: Sorry, Another Question On the Audi Wheels
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:00:41 +0000
  ...Also, it seems my question about these rims has evolved into a debate on whether or not one should change from the stock wheels...
• Re: Set Of 4 Vanagon Alloy Rims For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Pete Owsianowski
  Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:52:30 -0400
  ...I have 4 Vanagon alloy rims, two with >>> tires, two without. Tires are nearly new snow tires, about 1,000 miles on >>> them. Rims...
• fs: 15" Alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:47:42 EDT
  ...8/23/01 11:16:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time From:� � skiang@yahoo.com To:� � vwpassat@yahoogroups.com Description:� OEM rims from my 1999...
• Wide Rims = Stability?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cirulnick
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:25:30 -0400
  ...I've been thinking about wider rims which would allow wider tires. Would this increase stability of the vehicle, or whould it be tougher...
• Re: Warped Brake rotors?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 12:08:39 -0700
  ...Mark John Goubeaux wrote: > So, I just had a new set of 15 inch rims installed with new tires. The > rims are the Rhein...
• Re: Anyone Ever Bore Out Rims At Home?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 8 Jan 2011 17:38:23 -0500
  Hi I just recently took a set of rims to do the same and they charge about 15-25.00 per wheel. Issue is...
• Re: Steel Rims from a 98 Passat - Will they fit a 1991 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:07:11 -0800
  ...The rear drums have 2 bolts that will have to be removed to get the rims to fit snug. - I did not get them...
• Re: Will Rims off a New Beetle fit our Vanagons??
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 01:14:48 -0500
  ...some rims on Ebay and I was vondering if the > > >OEM mag rims froma 98 New Beetle would fit our > > >Vanagons? The rims are...
• Re: 15 inch wheels
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 19 Oct 2000 22:57:33 +1200
  >I'm not really into spending a bunch on alloys for my van, but rather I just >want plain vanilla steel 15" rims. What...
• Re: [vanagon] FS: 15" and 16" alloys for the vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:43:22 -0700
  ...Vern McIntosh Bend, Oregon > I have those rims on my Audi, and really love 'em. So, is it easiest to > convert Audi or Mercedes...
• FS: 15" steel wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 00:08:20 EST
  ...Steel Rims for snows Date: 11/30/01 10:20:02 PM Eastern Standard Time From:� � msswitek@pcpros.net (Mark Switek) Sender:� � quattro-admin...
• Re: 1991 Vanagon Carat for sale -
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 11 Aug 2016 18:15:31 -0700
  nice Carat.. errr... for that year a Carat should have alloy rims.. yes? :-)
• Re: steel rims
  Historical mailing list - Andy Zappe
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 18:38:18 EST
  tiico.com they have some 15" steel wheels, but not too cheap either andy 85 westy
• Re: 91 Carat: 15 inch rims vs 16 inch rims
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 07:38:43 -0400
  ...0:38 JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > Going to up grade the rims on my '91 Carat. > > Thinking of going VC Euro-look...
• Re: was: Free Rims, now: I'll pay YOU to take'em
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:43:50 -0700
  ...full cuz I'm from CA… Canada) > with 18 free steel rims.. and already in arrears for about 150 gallons of > gasoline. > 2,200...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:18:48 -0400
  At 12:06 AM 4/12/2013, Don Hanson wrote: > Ya, but I bet if you drove a real VW bus you wouldn't...
• Audi rims: The continuing saga
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 20:56:53 -0500
  No luck tracking down any spare center caps for my Audi rims so I broke down and ordered one from the dealer. Turns out...
• Re: Sorry, Another Question On the Audi Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:01:32 -0800
  ...Sorry, Another Question On the Audi Wheels > OK, after all this, and finding a machine shop 30 miles away that would do > the rims...
• Re: was: Free Rims, now: I'll pay YOU to take'em
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:25:44 -0700
  ...full cuz I'm from CA� Canada) > with 18 free steel rims.. and already in arrears for about 150 gallons of > gasoline. > 2,200...
• Re: Wobbly wheel
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:42:15 -0700
  If the rims are true then look at the tires. I had a similar experience once when I was working on the alignment of...
• Re: big 14" tire help needed
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 May 1999 07:55:22 EDT
  ...Number two you can get big tires on the 15" rims too. Number three you need 15" (or bigger) wheels if you want to...
• Audi Alloys
  Historical mailing list - Chris brown
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 21:11:52 EST
  ...What I did was to drop off a stock Vanagon alloy along with the Audi rims and have the shop machine the center holes...
• balance weights for SA rhein rims
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:55:39 -0700
  i now have possession of my new rims and a nice set of agilis tires from tire rack.... i also happen to have access...
• Re: original Mags with good tires. [sf bay area, mountain view]
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:34:20 EST
  ...steel rims with any tires on them and $100 to > me in the next couple days they can trade out for my rims. they...
• Go Westy 15" Mercedes whell offset
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Sun, 27 May 2007 07:03:13 -0700
  anyone running 15" Go Westy rims? what offset are they using? curious. thanks. dylan
• Re: Wheels and Tires
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 9 Dec 2006 12:41:57 -0500
  Hi Jack, I would be concerned about the offset of these rims. Just because they will bolt up doesn't mean they will fit...
• Re: Would my 205 tires fit on a friends bay window?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:46:00 -0500
  ...think my current tires are 205 65 14. > > I know the rims are the same as the bay window. But would that wider tire...
• Re: rims: pontiac g6 16" FOLLOW-UP
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 12:09:58 -0400
  ...11:48 Matthew <mpteleski@YAHOO.COM> napisał (a): > Follow-up: > > The steel rims (see below) fit a 2wd w/o modifications (not tried on...
• Re: SA 15 inch alloys, cap-cover
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:51:10 +0000
  ...Anyone out there have these rims too and are interested in fiberglass copies  ? Sean G From: Jon VonOhlsen <jondvo@GMAIL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: WAS: $15 steel wheel source-how about some 15" steelies?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:44:48 -0600
  ...Would a change in rims to a larger diameter, and the accompanying change in tire sizes compensate the stiff sidewall issues. I currently have...
• Re: Tires and Wheels-The Tread continues!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 13 May 2013 22:31:28 -0600
  ...into the road from the heavy monsoon, that both R tires/rims were blistered and bent. Had to have that taken care of when...
• Audi rims on a Vanagon Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sullivan
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 11:02:04 -0800
  ...Check out Audi 5000Turbo 2WD rims, >15"x6", bolt pattern matches and with 205/60/15 tires you look way cooler >and handle way...
• Re: Tire sizes and weight rates (was: Tires Michelin Agilis vs...)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 10 May 2002 13:39:55 -0700
  ...2 rims on a non-Syncro, > non-Westy, post-85 Vanagon? > > The Vanagon.com tires page talks only about 15 inch rims on Syncros...
• WTB Vanagon Rims with Snow Tires, Vancouver BC
  Historical mailing list - Crawford Smith
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:04:40 -0800
  If anyone has some snows in my locale ? Thx Crawford 91 vanagon / EJ22
• Re: 91 Carat: 15 inch rims vs 16 inch rims
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:42:02 -0600
  ...pc=23576 On a Carat I would MostProbably go with 46"Rims + 225/60r16~Rear & 225/50r16Front ~ That would Lower the Front Slightly & keep...
• Re: 15" steel rims?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 19:26:50 -0600
  ...bob It'd be > the right time to swap to some 15" rims, both for a little increased ground > clearance and for the additional...
• Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:35:26 EDT
  ...Without wheel weights, past 70 mph the front starts shaking, so until I get my 15" rims and tires online, I do not go...
• Re: WHEELS FOR 1984 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 17:23:44 EDT
  ...rims which they sell for about a hundred bucks apiece.Does anyone have any opinions one the suitability of these type of rims on...
• 16" wheels from other makes?
  Historical mailing list - Ri
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 00:21:53 -0700
  ...There must be a way!<br><br> Does anybody know what rims we could use off of other cars that are 16&quot; without...
• Re: Re; will it fit in the garage
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:08:02 -0500
  Bare rims would be hard on my blacktop driveway... but are any of those ridiculous donut spares available in the Vanagon bolt pattern? Sorry...
• Re: BFG T/A KO 27-8.50-14's how do they get em on a std 5.5" rim
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:50:19 -0500
  ...5" x > 14" rims > I don't quite understand how a 8.5" tire fits on a 5.5" rims > can any one explain...
• Re: SA 15 inch alloys, cap-cover
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:19:11 -0700
  ...In the last days of > these rims, my supplier ran out of center caps but not out of rims. They > told us to continue...
• wide tires on 71 bus
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Covington
  Mon, 12 Jun 1995 15:18:17 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I know that they are 14 inch rims (where's this measured, BTW?). Should I get wider rims for wider tires, or do wider...
• Re: new list member, Syncro info?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Sun, 18 Oct 1998 12:24:23 -0700
  ...These tires work best on the 6" wide alloy rims as the 5.5" wide steel rims are a little narrow for most brands...
• Re: Tires for a Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Nov 1996 06:08:06 +0000
  > > I have a set of 195/60 winter tires on 14 inch rims. Are these too wide > for a 1989 Westy? Do I need...
• BRM 15 " rims
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 20:12:20 -0500
  ...there 15" aluminum rims. but heres the cool part, there making them with a 5 x 112 bolt pattern. in the mag they list...
• tires and weights
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:04:20 -0500
  ...rims, tires, and offsets take it to the BRICKYARD they have a lot of High HP vanagons running German look brakes and rims.. The...
• Super Sale on one set of 15" Alloy Rims/Big Brake kit combo
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 22 May 2003 12:28:58 -0400
  I need to liquidate one set of 15" alloy rims (Sunburst) and a Big Brake kit. So I am lowering my price to just...
• Re: WHEELS FOR 1984 WESTY
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:09:49 EDT
  ...rims which they sell for about a hundred bucks apiece.Does > anyone have any opinions one the suitability of these type of rims on...
• anyone go to Muddy (Maple) Grove yesterday?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:41:07 EDT
  ...one wolfram grey '86 or 87 syncro westy w/ the 5 spoke A4 style SA rims on it, as well as a white '91...
• Re: whats the lowest profile tire youve run on 15" rims on the vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:15:48 -0500
  ...whats the lowest profile tire youve run on 15" rims on the vanagon? >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >just wondering for those of you...