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• FS 1985 Vanagon w/sunroof, $1800
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:26:57 -0700
  ...cyl and shoes/pads on all 4 wheels Steel wheels, with hubcaps No AC This van needs some TLC, however in running condition. I...
• Re: hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Pierce, John D
  Mon, 24 Aug 1998 22:27:14 -0400
  ...is interested, we could work something > >out. > > > > You can buy new hubcaps with VW in the middle for about 10 Pounds ($16 > ish) > in...
• Re: Dash mounts for fancy gadgets?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 07:35:18 -0600
  ...really don't care about dents or holes or trim or hubcaps, etc. In fact, three friends this weekend went on an off-road...
• Re: Paint questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 8 Mar 2014 21:14:09 -0500
  ...87 Syncro GL with black steel wheels and chrome hubcaps. > > I > ditched the hubcaps mainly because they are easily lost or stolen and > they...
• Re: Paint questions
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 7 Mar 2014 13:32:13 -0600
  ...I ditched the hubcaps mainly because they are easily lost or stolen and they are worth a few deutsch mark. I painted the wheels...
• Re: wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:29:36 -0700
  ...The ones with the circles are real though, right? On 8/14/07, VW Doka <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote: > > Jake, > > Hubcaps... Chris is...
• Re: Chrome Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 6 May 2011 01:47:48 -0700
  ...com> wrote: > I have chrome Thing wheels on my 73 with Hubcaps and was wondering if > anyone makes a chrome version of the vanagon...
• FS: 86 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 22:03:06 -0500
  ...102k miles Blue/Blue recent Michelin 6 plys on steel rims with the aero hubcaps. very small amount of unfixed seam rust, very minor...
• Re: Hubcaps?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:47:37 -0700
  Look here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8002308383&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:MT:1 That's them, in all...
• Re: Paint questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Mar 2014 22:53:59 -0500
  The chrome hubcaps really date the van back to the air cooled days. The 85 and 86 models usually came with full wheel covers...
• Re: /f Road hazards
  Historical mailing list - Mark Janello
  Fri, 30 Jun 1995 17:44:33 -0400 (EDT)
  ...thinking about. --Mark Janello (has a tent, wants a bus) Oh, and there was the rolling hubcap from nowhere, but that's another story.
• Re: bigger steel wheels
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Sun, 10 May 1998 18:52:15 -0400
  ...since most new Passats >come with just steel wheels and plastic hubcaps, and many people get >aftermarket alloy wheels for their Passats, and get...
• Re: Vanagon favorite part.
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:59:51 -0700
  ...Vanagon favorite part. > > > > my favorite part of my VANAGON is the little horseshoe wire you use to > > remove the hubcaps. What's yours? > > > > Rachel...
• Re: Stuck rear brakes on '85 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Tue, 25 Dec 2001 06:29:21 EST
  ...My usual fix is to release the parking brake, jack up the rear of the van, remove the hubcap, and whack the lug nut...
• Re: Rusty hubcaps with pictures
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 6 Sep 2006 13:52:36 -0400
  --- JordanVw@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 9/6/06 1:35:33 PM Eastern > Daylight Time, > goofymuso@YAHOO.CA writes: > > > > Where did...
• Re: Tires.. Again
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 20 Jun 2015 08:03:11 -0700
  ...weekender has the original 14" steel rims and the chrome VW hubcaps. But > tires seem impossible to find. > > Is there a last ditch hope...
• tell me what to buy...
  Historical mailing list - Gina
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 21:16:07 -0400
  ...i am looking for moon hubcaps as well. if you have any pictures you could share with me or advice, i would appreciate emailing...
• Re: Steel 15" wheels
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:49:51 -0700
  ...Works great with newer VW 15" hubcaps. You can use stock Vanagon hardware to attach the wheels. -- > BenT
• Re: set 4 of hubcaps on ebay...
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 22:12:47 -0500
  Or really which shipper you use. I'm sure I would have gotten a few more bids if the shipping was more reasonable everywhere...
• Re: Tires.. Again
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 20 Jun 2015 09:38:53 -0700
  ...weekender has the original 14" steel rims and the chrome VW hubcaps. >> But >> tires seem impossible to find. >> >> Is there a last ditch hope...
• Re: Passat Wheels a possibility
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Mon, 11 May 2009 10:37:45 -0500
  ...The center bore needs to be opened up by a machinist, and the rear hubcaps won't fit, unless you use spacers. If you...
• Re: Buying new Disc brale pads.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:56:17 -0700
  ...But *most* of the time, one gets what they pay for right? :) I'd "cheap out" on an interior light fixture or hubcap, but...
• Winter tires delivered! Yeehaa !!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:58:13 -0500
  ...Got new '98 Passat steel wheels ($30 ea.) and 215/75/15 Blizzaks ($67 ea.) , and 4 new nice quality hubcaps ($18 / set). These...
• FS: Westy, Raleigh NC
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Tue, 29 Sep 1998 15:24:48 -0400
  ...steep camber (is this normal?) non-reinforced tires cheesy after market hubcaps back end covered with stickers (everything from "Free Tibet" to "Grateful Dead...
• Re: need some hubcaps badly
  Historical mailing list - robyn rudisill
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 22:58:17 -0800
  http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=550419136 At 04:41 PM 1/28/2001 -0500, you wrote: >In a...
• Re: Vanagon favorite part.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:06:25 -0500
  ...VANAGON is the little horseshoe wire you use > to > > remove the hubcaps. What's yours? > > obviously, SOMEone has been nibbling that No-Doz and...
• Re: Speedometer Keeps Breaking
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 06:52:29 MDT
  ...square hole in the wheel bearing dust cover (just under the hubcap) There should be a very small spring clip through a very tiny...
• a/c roof ducts recall
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 19:14:57 -0800
  ...guy that I talked to owns a Toyota Tercel with vw hubcaps, very catchy...NOT). Anyway, is there a number I can call, a...
• Re: Awning for sale - images
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:46:26 -0500
  ...I also need two hubcaps like those! Link: http://onwatersports.com/van.html Andree On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, A. Hurley wrote: > Trans-Awn...
• county wants my parts vanagon taken to the crusher
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:49:14 -0700
  Its not that ugly.Infact I keep hubcaps on it, and it has all the doors.Actually itis a storage work shop/warehouse for...
• Re: 15 inch wheels
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:10:27 -0600
  ...What alternatives are there? Passat? Audi? Eurovan? Benz? ??? Anyone? Bueller? Somehow, I've always just been into the plain black steel rims, no hubcaps...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 31 May 2005 18:03:11 -0500
  I'm convinced that VW started offering the alloy wheels just about the time they switched from the chrome hubcaps to the ugly as...
• Re: New to list and to Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 15:32:44 -0500
  ...Re: [VANAGON] New to list and to Vanagons Those are the correct '82-83 hubcaps. IMHO, the best looking of the three types of...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 01:39:25 EDT
  ...alloy wheels just about the time > they switched from the chrome hubcaps to the ugly as hell "aero" style > wheel cover. The kick was...
• Re: More on TR 16x7 steelies
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:36:30 -0500
  I wonder if the VW baby moon hubcaps will fit these wheels? <http://kippert.com/vanagon/images/IMG_0080.jpg> -Mark K On Dec...
• Re: [syncro.org] hubcaps, 15" SA steel wheels
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 12 May 2005 23:21:27 -0400
  In theory, Ken at www.vanagain.com had the SA covers available separately. I say in theory, cause somehow I've gotten my order...
• Re: Clean my Dusty Caps
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:12:36 -0800
  ...What can I use to get the brake dust off my plastic hubcaps on my 91GL? I've tried brake cleaner, carb cleaner, orange...
• Re: Can't find the jack
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:59:19 -0700
  ...With wheel bolts torqued properly, I've only ever needed my (15"? 24"?) 1/2" breaker bar. (torque value Sharpied inside hubcap) My torque...
• Keys??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Fri, 23 Oct 1998 12:19:06 -0400
  ...Key #4 is the half-moon hubcap puller (even though a 87 VanagonGL has full wheel covers) anyone wanting to try & figure out (or...
• Running hot
  Historical mailing list - Ben Wampler
  Mon, 31 May 1999 23:04:19 -0500
  ...How expensive/dificult is it to getrecharged? Also, will JCWhitney and walmart replacement hubcaps fit my van? Thanks, Ben [text/html]
• Re: 14 inch Free Rims
  Historical mailing list - Gmail
  Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:40:16 -0700
  ...Add a few hubcaps and it could be quite a sight... On Apr 10, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS...
• Re: Correct hub caps
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Tue, 31 May 2005 22:22:40 -0500
  >>This suggests that the flat gray hubcaps were added in 1985. >>>I think, the original early ones came with that chrome caps that only...
• Re: Splitty question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 12 Oct 2016 18:02:27 -0400
  ...And, I’m sure there are some interesting connections between these vans, Example, wouldn’t the half moon hubcaps and my Bay window hubcaps...
• hubcaps again
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 13 Jul 94 13:28:04 CDT
  i just got a bunch of stuff from Hella in the mail today at lunch, and they are still showing the wheel covers in...
• Re: wheel cover
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 10 Feb 1997 16:40:12 -0800
  ...Six Stars Auto Service and Hubcaps 126 Sinnott Rd. Unit #28 Scarborough ON, Canada (I don't know the postal code) 416-757-5246...
• VW Spring Jamboree in Irvine, Ca...
  Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
  Thu, 4 May 2000 08:32:14 -0700
  ...green wagon (well, he'll be in the wagon) with VW hubcaps (from my VW Rabbit) and say "Hi" if you want. We'll...
• Diesel Airbox
  Historical mailing list - Evil Pig
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:29:38 -0700
  ...Further if any of ya have an of the hubcaps the flat gray ones that say "volkswagen" I'd like to get a pair...
• Re: Steel 15" wheels
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:54:27 -0700
  ...I've seen them on a few vans, including Vancouver, and they look great with the small flat dog dish hubcaps. Jake ----- Original Message...
• What is your opinion on additives?
  Historical mailing list - Janet Sanford
  Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:00:10 -0700
  ...Now I was thinking of "spicen" up the wheels with fancy hubcaps (14") or staying with the originals (opinions?) Also what do you think...
• Re: Clean my Dusty Caps
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:18:10 -0500
  ...On Jan 14, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Michael Sullivan wrote: > What can I use to get the brake dust off my plastic hubcaps...
• Re: Vanagon Sighting
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:54:42 -0600
  ...how often does that happen??? Even the hubcaps were the same stock > large slotted moon plastic hubcaps. > > As I sat there marveling at the...
• 15" Rims
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:40:25 +0000
  ...of the van?? B.) Do any of the old VW steel hubcaps fit any of these rims. If so which rims, & which caps. If...
• Re: Passat 15 in wheels w spacers, correction to ??
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:50:20 EDT
  In a message dated 4/13/01 1:25:05 AM, volksdragon@EARTHLINK.NET writes: << I have just started modifying the stock Passat hubcaps...
• Re: Parts Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Chris Donaldson
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:22:09 -0600
  ...Westfalia single mudflap Fuse box cover in black 2 alloy wheel hubcaps Cruise control control unit All 3 Westfalia outlet covers Grey theater style...
• Re: 88 West Speedo cable problem after brake job
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 18:02:21 -0400
  ...that the mechanic should have taken the little circlip off the >hubcap rather than pulling the cable out, but the Bentley isn't >entirely...
• Re: 15" audi wheels with tires Seattle CL $150
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:07:55 -0600
  ...YMMV, Tom B.-beats loosing/cleaning stock plastique hubcaps
• Re: wanted: 14" wheel covers
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:18:31 -0800
  ...Can we at least get the Lat-Long coordinates of those hubcaps? > > Hey! That's not a bad idea. An online map of Vanagon...
• Re: Clean my Dusty Caps
  Historical mailing list - Dave Brune
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:15:55 -0800
  ...What can I use to get the brake dust off my plastic hubcaps on my 91GL? I've tried brake cleaner, carb cleaner, orange...
• Tool trick..(not Xmas related)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:29:50 -0800
  ...for removing the axle nut caps and some times the regular hubcaps. That dorky Wal Mart tool is perfect to slip under the flanges...
• Re: Lower speedo cable??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 20:37:38 -0800
  ...The "wheel" end of the cable is simply squared-off and goes through the square hole in the hub cap (not "hubcap" in the...