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• FS: '85 Westfalia GL, $4250 (Pa.)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Oct 1996 12:33:19
  ...The asking price of $4250 includes the stock wheels and hubcaps; I would want a little extra for the chrome wheels, or would sell...
• Audi 15x6 steel rim, FYI
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:28:55 -0400
  ...Audi hubcaps won't fit due to axle stubs, need the type that clip onto the wheel nuts. These are sold for permanently mounting...
• Re: Anyone running a Porsche 6?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 12:29:09 -0800
  ...This one's a plain-jane (steel wheels and moon hubcaps, even) 1984 with a 911 motor and tranny... About 10,000 in Las...
• FS: Lots-Of-Parts II
  Historical mailing list - Benjita
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:17:31 EST
  ...5, 5K miles, $125.00 1 VW Plastic Weave hubcaps $20.00 3 Aero Hubcaps $20.00 4 Snow Cable Chains $30.00 1...
• '85 in Sacramento sold-need
  Historical mailing list - Don Kane
  3 Mar 1995 10:24:03 U
  ...It's got brand new Michelins on it, and hubcaps that are missing from my '87. Even if the engine never runs, I'm...
• Audi turbo wheels on a vanagon...Re: Audi 16 spoke 'spider' rim
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 01:39:32 EST
  ...to replace my syncro westy with other than the stock rim/hubcaps I got a set of '80s Audi Turbo5000 alloy rims for next...
• Re: Tire weiredness
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:27:30 -0500
  ...I'm still running on the same tire 15000 miles later, but with old style >moon hubcaps. > >tom
• Re: More early list memories...
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:47:35 +0000
  ...two designs (possibly more) one which looked > > like a VW > wheel/hubcap with the list address and then the other a > > > "Euro-oval" with...
• Re: A new thread . . .
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 11:16:28 PST
  ...mechanism under the driver's seat) >Four REALLY tacky faux-chrome hubcaps with cheap sticker in middle >(replaced) > >Well, that's about it. How...
• Introductions
  Historical mailing list - Kevin G. Moore
  Sun, 10 Aug 2003 16:43:07 -0400
  ...brown window cranks, uncut brown door panels (long shot, I know), hubcaps. I will also trade for green plaid upper bunk fabric/thermostat bracket...
• Re: Parts for sale - cleaning garage
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:58:11 -0500
  ...3 OEM aerodynamic hubcaps. Various condition, not much to brag > about. > > These are sure get you an extra 0.27 mpg at 95 mph...
• Hurray!!!!! A new thread . . .
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:15:53 -0800
  ...mechanism under the driver's seat) >Four REALLY tacky faux-chrome hubcaps with cheap sticker in middle >(replaced) > >Well, that's about it. How...
• 86 GL Steering Knuckle Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Bert Kyzer
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:47:10 -0400
  ...knuckle that shows above the tire as you're facing the hubcap. I've owned this van for 15 years, I really doubt that...
• Re: locking rear diff on 2WD van or Limited Slip?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:58:47 EST
  ...stopped MOVIING....but you had to look down at the front hubcap to make sure.... I had chains and it would have been a...
• FS: 82 camper (not westy) (rough) $600
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 14:25:23 -0500
  ...It had one hubcap which had a castle emblem in the middle, so I thought it was a Wolfsburg, but the rear hatch said...
• Re: Tire weiredness
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:25:03 -0600
  ...I'm still running on the same tire 15000 miles later, but with old style moon hubcaps. tom On 18 Nov 2003 at 13...
• Re: Parts for sale - cleaning garage
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:00:12 -0500
  ...3 OEM aerodynamic hubcaps. Various condition, not much to brag about. These are sure get you an extra 0.27 mpg at 95 mph...
• Re: Alloy Wheels
  Historical mailing list - William Warburton
  Mon, 8 Aug 94 11:10:58 GMT
  ...The wheels are the same from when the disc brakes were introduced (1971) and the flat hubcaps appeared right up to late model vanagons...
• Re: Tires.. Again
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:00:41 -0400
  ...Again My weekender has the original 14" steel rims and the chrome VW hubcaps. But tires seem impossible to find. Is there a last...
• Re: 14" steel rims
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Apr 2015 12:34:34 -0400
  ...want to be "in" paint all those wheels black...no hubcaps, > or black hubcaps, too. > Personally, I do so much rough road driving that...
• Re: questions about 99 Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Alex Zaborenko
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:45:18 -0700
  ...You no longer get an option of what color or interior you want, you lose the alloy wheels for hubcap covered steel wheels, only...
• Fire warning #1201
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Thu, 17 Oct 1996 10:24:56 -0600
  ...likes to break off and costs about 85 bucks), and two hubcaps all for a whopping 20 bucks. I feel good about that. Another...
• Still missing and gasping for air
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:22:59 -0800
  ...Someone also stole the center caps off my alloys this week and two hubcaps off another of my vans. I guess the word has...
• Re: VW obscene parts pricing
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 17:09:19 -0500
  ...Thats $204.00 for a set of HUBCAPS >!!Evidentially they don't want to be bothered with my business. Anyone have >a good set...
• Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 12:25:31 -0700
  ...I just keep a shiny moon hubcap that I can hang on the shop door behind the van, to watch the brake lights in...
• Re: 1972 (en... morphing to rear apron disscussion :-).
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 12:50:57 +0600
  ...While we are here, how do you distinguish between the model years 68 to 71? The 71 has different hubcaps, but I don't...
• Re: FS '88 westy with only 36k original miles
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:25:12 -0800
  ...have either chrome caps, or what I > call > > the 'silver dome' hubcaps.............. with exceptions. > > > > the 82 diesel, perhaps depending on L or GL trim...
• Re: Slide vs roll
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 11:22:25 -0800
  ...mirror? >After that it would be a toss up between the hubcaps, and the door handles? > >Bill Crick >76 Type II/IV/VII >Ottawa...
• Tranny Problem
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:31:34 -0700
  ...Now I need new hubcaps and an end cap. The drive was not bad at all, I actually enjoyed it. The Tiico engine kept...
• Re: speedo cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:52:56 -0700
  ...housing down where it's out of the way, put your hubcap, headlight bucket, grill & instrument cover back on and you're done. Keith...
• Re: moon caps, and who knows?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:14:03 -0800
  ...Early Vanagons had the full-size metal (not moon caps) hubcaps. Mid-year Vanagons had the plastic hub caps with the cross-hatch pattern...
• RE: Lifespan of a master cylinder?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 09:42:25 PDT
  ...I painted the rims and hubcaps black, just like the cops'. Jack stafford@zenith.dnet.hac.com
• Re: Vanagon favorite part.
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:54:45 -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: feedback on 15 inch wheel options
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:37:39 -0400
  ...I like the black steel, no hubcaps 'cop car' look too. with the right tires ....really nice. for 2WD high way use I run...
• Re: Blow cv joint on 97 heading for Bend
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 7 Aug 2015 20:40:55 -0700
  Ok , I am climbing on my soap box again for a minute, If you are running open wheels with just hubcaps , the wheels should...
• Re: my wife tells me there is some sort of online sale of vw play tents - no word if licenced
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 19:03:16 -0800
  ...In the hubcaps are reflections of surrounding buses at a bus get-together! Marc P. On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 6:12 PM...
• Re: There's a New Wheel in Town... Almost
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:39:04 -0600
  ...i'll even throw in some brand new, sharp-looking mercedes style hubcaps that WON'T STAY ON. aaron '87 syncro gl btw, my...
• Re: Slowly Disappearing Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 08:16:32 -0800
  ...they could've taken > > the new catalytic converter and muffler. > > > > Someone also stole the center caps off my > > alloys this week and two hubcaps...
• FS: '85 Westfalia GL, $4250 (Pa.) (avail. again)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:35:42
  ...The asking price of $4250 includes the stock wheels and hubcaps; I'd want a little extra for the chrome wheels, or would sell...
• Convincing MYSELF
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 08:48:06 -0700
  ...Has all four fake mag hubcaps in great shape. Questions: 1. License plate was expired in Jun 93. How would the engine be affected...
• Re: Vanagon ads
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 23:30:03 -0500
  How about the subliminal shots of the Vanagon hubcap and the interior in that currently running TV commercial with all the different nationalities of...
• Re: Misc stuff for sale.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:29:59 -0700
  ...me a reasonable offer: >> >> >> >> 5 of those late model silver Vanagon hubcaps in fair to good condition. >> >> 1 ECU >> >> 1 AFM >> >> Automatic plate. (Came...
• Re: [Re: Vanagon favorite part.]
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Payton
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 23:09:45 EST
  ...Vanagon favorite part. > > > > > > > > > > my favorite part of my VANAGON is the little > > horseshoe wire you use to > > > > remove the hubcaps. What's yours? > > > > > > > > Rachel...
• Met The Westy owner from OZ
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 14 May 2001 12:28:49 -0500
  ...No hubcaps. Rear bumper missing. Southern Mexico trailer hitch installed, bent pretty good crushing the rear body panel. Aftermarket exhaust, no emissions, no catalytic...
• Re: FS: 82 camper (not westy) (rough) $600
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 17:09:26 -0500
  ...It > had one hubcap which had a castle emblem in the middle, so I thought it > was a Wolfsburg, but the rear hatch said...
• Trouble comes in threes - Bus Depot bailed me out
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 08:42:29 MDT
  ...The day before I left I lost a hubcap - made a really interesting noise sliding down the road at 45mph until it went under...
• Re: Some aerodynamic ideas..
  Historical mailing list - Lon Bordin
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:38:18 -0400
  ...Smooth wheel covers would be an easy improvement..Like those old Moon hubcaps..Mirrors that didn't stick way out would help some also...
• 1987 Wolfsburg 1/2 Camper In Tampa For Sale CHEAP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Nick Meyers
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:18:15 EDT
  ...Has typical seam rust(not hard to fix), lots of tread left on non-truck load tires, VW hubcaps, van has dent on very...
• Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 10:20:41 -0500
  ...VW AIR COOLED PARTS, 2 carbs, 4 distributors, 3 coils, 1 starter, 2 generators w/fans, 1 flywheel w/clutch, 4 wheel adapters & hubcaps...
• Re: Strange place for an identification plate on 91 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:04:37 -0400
  ...just because your '91 westy is missing the RF door sticker and has chrome hubcaps, doesnt mean it came that way from the factory...
• Re: Met The Westy owner from OZ
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Mon, 14 May 2001 22:49:29 -0500
  ...No hubcaps. > Rear bumper missing. Southern Mexico trailer hitch installed, bent pretty > good crushing the rear body panel. > Aftermarket exhaust, no emissions, no catalytic...
• Re: Still missing and gasping for air
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 21:59:43 -0500
  ...they > could've taken the new catalytic converter and muffler. > > Someone also stole the center caps off my alloys this week and two hubcaps...
• Re: Paint questions
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Sun, 9 Mar 2014 11:00:00 -0400
  ...So, What color looks best on a white Vanagon with chrome hubcaps and steel wheels? Currently wheels are rust free. Help me out here...
• Re: Vanagon favorite part - seats
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 07:45:55 -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 > > >
• Eurovan Wheels FIT Perfectly!!!
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 22:26:44 -0800
  ...VW offers these customers a chance to purchase a full set of 16" steel wheels with 225/60R16 Dunlaps and hubcaps for $150.00...
• excellent cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 20:00:17 -0400
  ...so off to the garage for a test of the vanagons breakdust hubcaps that ive tried all sorts of brake dust cleaners with no...
• FS: Vanagon engines, tires, tranny, interior parts
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 17:33:02 -0400
  ...Also a starter and flywheel, complete good clutch set, good chrome and 3 chrome VW hubcaps from an 83 air-cooled Westy. Someone else...
• Re: Suspension Project
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Sat, 5 Jul 2003 22:45:26 -0500
  ...Steel wheels with "missing hubcaps" gives it that urban-assault look that nicely offsets the peace-love-harmony VW logo. ;-) Conrad
• Re: 15" steel rims?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:12:52 -0700
  ...They will take a VW hubcap, either flat or domed. They will NOT fit bigger brakes, if that's a consideration for you. There...
• vanagon@gerry.sdsc.edu
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 31 Aug 97 22:22:10 EDT
  ...I found a good used hubcap to replace the Japanese counterfeit (not quite a VW logo) hubcap I had on the driver's rear...