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• Re: Plastic wheel covers
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:54:57 -0700
  Right, but plastic wheel covers are for steel wheels and won't fit on your alloys, so they are not an option unless you...
• Re: CV joint theory: long
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:19:38 -0500
  ...why's that? It seems that the rear wheels would be constantly swapping off as to which is the drive wheel based on position...
• 15" VS. 16' WHEELS
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:29:04 -0400
  It's time for some new and larger tires/wheels for my 90 Westfalia. I had pretty well decided on 15" wheels but in...
• Re: Steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:16:29 -0800
  ...Replacement sterring wheel Another option is adding a Wheelskins leather cover. Did that on my '90, looks fine, feels great. (But the damn steering...
• Re: wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:14:04 +0000
  Front wheel bearings are a fraction of the size or rear wheel bearings. They are also probably subject to more stress. On most cars...
• Re: 15" Steel Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:51:36 -0800
  Mercedes C-class ET37 steel 15" wheels will fit the Syncro fine. For a 2wd spacers would be needed up front though tire size...
• Wheel Alignments
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:40:13 -0500
  ...They want to know if I wanted a four wheel alignment on my two wheel drive Vanagon. I didn't know about this so...
• Re: 16 and 17 inch wheels.
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:32:56 -0800
  Dennis, What hardware would you need for the above mentioned wheels if you have factory steel wheels, 2WD? On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at...
• Wheel offsets and widths to fit Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 8 May 2002 21:52:41 +1200
  ...All like the wheel up front an: 9" => 25, 20, 15, 11, 10 10" => 20, 15, 11, 10 11" => 10 Actually, all these wheels...
• Re: Anyone Ever Bore Out Rims At Home?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:21:45 +0000
  ...Oh speaking of that, the Audi and Mercedes wheels are known as hub-centric. The wheel is a tight fit around the hubs and...
• Re: VW wheel compatibility (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 4 Dec 2015 13:49:55 -0600
  ...You can use the Golf wheel on the Passat and vice > versa, but you can't use the Beetle wheels on the Golf. > > Thanks...
• Re: Plastic wheel covers
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:39:21 -0700
  The factory alloy wheels I have had are painted/coated. The metal surface is not available. It's under the coating. The plastic caps...
• Re: what happened to my thrust washer?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:24:01 -0400
  On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > switch to ET30 wheels ? > when ? > as far as...
• New Wheels Available
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 12:22:23 -0800
  Hey all, I finally received my shipment of Vanagon wheels from Germany! These are 15" X 7", ET25 alloys and are a direct bolt...
• Re: Will Rims off a New Beetle fit our Vanagons??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Upton
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 09:28:07 -0500
  Ben,I was talking about the 98 Passat steel wheels.Someone said they fit the Vanagon, when they don't without modification.I was...
• Re: FS: 15" Steel Wheels
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Thu, 10 Dec 1998 17:40:01 -0500
  Jon Christensen wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have a set of 4 15" 98 Passat wheels that will > work on Vanagons. The center holes will...
• Wheel restoration
  Historical mailing list - joe friedrichs
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:20:51 -0500
  I have recently purchased a set of carat wheels which are in need of sanding and refinishing. I'm thinking of painting them a...
• Re: wheel offset for vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Gary Schreiber
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 21:07:26 -0500
  18X8.5 wheel with an ET of 32 and a 10MM spacer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben T" <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Wheel alternatives...
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:00:01 -0400
  ...So, what I'm hearing is that 15" or even 16" wheels were stock >on the vehicle, yet to make wheels of that size...
• Straightening Audi Alloy Wheel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Huskins
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:28:42 -0500
  I have a set of 5000 Turbo wheels that I'd like to put on a '91 Carat. The machinest who opened up the...
• Re: Plastic wheel covers
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:52:30 -0400
  ...Plastic wheel covers > > What's your take on plastic wheel covers. I have stock 14" wheels; 2 are missing the center hub. I am...
• Re: FS Vanagon Alloy Wheels $500
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 21:55:07 EDT
  I have had alot of interest in these wheels and the wheel/tire package. The wheels are the ones pictured on the Eurospec conversion...
• Re: [Syncro] Longer studs for 15" Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:28:06 EST
  ...To install alloy wheels, simply use lugnuts designed for those alloy wheels. Steel wheels use different attaching hardware. Yes, I have a vendor for...
• Re: Alloy Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Paul Uusitalo
  Tue, 18 Mar 1997 11:31:51 -0800
  Does anyone have direct experience with Borbet wheels (or any other 3rd party, for that matter) being an inferior product? Also, I'm a...
• Bigger Wheels and Unsprung Weight
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 17:33:33 -0600
  James, The weight we need to know is the weight of the tire and wheel combined. If the 15" wheel weighs more and the...
• steel wheel modification
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:21:39 -0600
  i have a set of 15x6 steel wheels in my garagae from a jeep wrangler that i no longer own. the bolt pattern is...
• RE: Alloy wheel deal
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 23:53:21 -0500
  ...before any one buys these wheels... are you aware that the Audi 5000 is a front wheel drive car?? the off-set is totally...
• few things you want to tell the tire changing monkeys at the local tire shop..
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:36:00 EST
  ...otherwise the tire monkey will hammer the wheel weights onto the outer lip of the wheel, cutting into the aluminum, and gouging the finish...
• Re: 16" wheels
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 17:09:38 -0500
  Does anything have to be changed/modified on a Vanagon with 14" wheels to install 16" wheels?? Thanks In advance Ron Semko Orlando, Florida...
• Stockton Wheel Service
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Sat, 17 May 2003 11:38:49 -0700
  So, in the search for more variety in wheels, I ran across Stockton Wheel. Question and a rather curt answer follows. Now you know...
• Re: Go Westy's 16" wheel offset ?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 4 Feb 2006 17:08:48 -0800
  On 2/4/06, Adrian Bertarelli <abertarelli@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a set of the 16 inch wheels that go westy sells. They...
• Re: Towing a Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 17:03:00 -0500
  ...MANUAL TRANSMISSION ( two wheel drive): 1. Towing with only FRONT wheels on the ground: Lock the wheels with an external wheel lock device. Do...
• Re: 1987 passenger Syncro For sale with factory ? Westy top. INPERSON REPORT
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 02:12:51 +0200
  "Renouard, Robert" wrote: > steering wheel seems > older than the one on my 86, <<lotsa snipping>> > No power steering. The fact that this car was...
• Re: syncro wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:03:39 EDT
  ...any factory vw vanagon wheels will fit any vanagon, 2 or 4wd. there were never any syncro specific wheels. unless you lived in europe...
• Re: 15" steel wheels with tires for my 85 westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Oct 1999 12:47:32 EDT
  In a message dated 10/1/99 12:43:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, hurley@ACX.COM writes: << I am looking into these wheels...
• Re: Hubcaps, Wheel covers
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:17:22 EST
  hubcaps and wheelcovers.. most 80-81 - chrome moonie hubcaps or - full aluminum spoked wheelcover, either painted white or left aluminum finish, with the fake...
• Steering Wheel Rasp
  Historical mailing list - Channell, Ralph
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:28:21 -0800
  ...It sounds like it is near the connection between the steering wheel itself and the steering wheel shaft. Sounds like the bearings need grease...
• Re: Newbie ,?? Tach, wheels, seat belts, yeah I searched the archives
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 07:55:19 -0500
  ...My wheels are black steel wheels with the chrome cover over the = inner half of the wheel. This is not very attractive on the...
• Re: Stockton Wheel Service
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 17 May 2003 15:07:17 EDT
  ...A friend got some 15" wheels from them. Haven't seen them yet but he raves about them -- both the wheels and Stockton Wheel...
• Re: [Syncro] WTB: nice low-miles steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 4 May 2003 23:33:58 -0500
  > At 420,000 km, my steering wheel is getting very smooth, and would like to > replace with a nice new-looking one. Black, please...
• Re: Need recomendations for new shocks for an '85 Vanagon-Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Dec 2012 01:15:20 -0500
  I understand your dis-taste for alloy wheels. I have reached a point I just don't bother with used wheels. In fact when...
• front wheels making clicking noise-wheel bearings?
  Historical mailing list - s w
  Sat, 18 May 2002 07:00:51 -0700
  so i was investigating a clicking noise coming from some wheel this morning, and originally thought it was a rear cv, turns out one...
• Re: steering wheel/seats
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:55:32 -0500
  And loose that big honkin' steering wheel?! : O Why I'll loose that bus feeling! (But that comfy grip does have me intrigued - go...
• Wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith (Smirby)
  Tue, 5 May 2020 18:29:12 -0700
  I have been messing around with the wheels, changing the stock 14" steel wheels to larger alloy wheels. One of my attempts involved putting...
• Re: 15in steel wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 03:10:04 EST
  ...and ANY 5 lug audi wheel will fit. not just the 5kT. all A4, A6, A8, '92 up 100, etc mercedes wheels fit also...
• WTB 15" wheels
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Bryson
  Thu, 2 May 2002 07:49:19 -0700
  I broke a 15" aftermarket wheel of unknown origin. I need to buy a set of 4 wheels. Anyone have a good set of...
• Re: Wobbly wheel
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:37:04 -0700
  ...you don't need them, wheel will hold drum on. alistair On 2012-09-23, at 6:02 AM, Harry Hoffman wrote: > Hi All...
• Re: Audi wheels!![long]
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:24:02 -0400
  ...sorry for being long >winded but the only danger in machining the wheel center is in >compromising the wheel's structural integrity. But I...
• Re: lithium based wheel bearing grease
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 21 May 2011 14:58:52 -0700
  for the front wheel brgs ? you do have, after all.......just like it says. "European cars disk brake wheel bearings" i.e. ...it's...
• 14" Wheels & Covers for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Maurizio Penna
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 18:49:32 -0700
  ...four 14" stock steel wheels with tires three plastic VW wheel covers (Bought new alloy wheels and new tires) Located in Ottawa, Canada. Make...
• Rim/Wheel selection
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:30:18 -0900
  ...Rims http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/WheelCloseUpServlet?target=wheelCloseUp&wheelFinish=Silver+Painted&wheelMake=AT+Italia&partnum=S7032G9AS&wheelModel=S5, but don't know what...
• Re: 15" VS. 16' WHEELS
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:34:03 -0400
  I'd visit thesamba.com vanagon forums and read the entire What Wheels Fit sticky. 2010/3/15, David Clarkson <dvdclarksn@aol.com>: > It...
• Re: hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 15:55:03 -0600
  I'll be darned! So my big, silver, louvred shiny stock covers on the wheels of my "88GL are are just that, 14 inch...
• Re: Wheelskins Review
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 17 May 2010 16:04:29 -0600
  Steering wheel condom? YMMV, Mr. BZ- not hemoskin On May 17, 2010, at 3:56 PM, Jay lefstein wrote: > What is a wheelskins?? > > Thank...
• Re: eurovan steering wheel
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:09:20 -0700
  On 9/18/07, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@hotmail.com> wrote: > This is a very nice wheel. I've seen it on 2 different vans...
• Re: Steering wheel cover?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:09:50 -0400
  ...Non power steering wheels are slightly bigger. (I own both wheels). -Craig On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848...
• Re: WANTED: Wheelchair lift vanagon, or wheelchair lift itself
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:15:37 -0800
  ...Wheelchair lift vanagon, or wheelchair lift itself To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 1:43 PM someone i know locally...
• Re: Audi 16 inch wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 21:38:52 EST
  ...The tire size that is on the wheels now is 225/50zr16. These are nice looking wheels with five wide "spokes". Will these wheels...
• Re: steering wheel/seats
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:20:15 -0600
  ...I'm still using my original 83 steering wheel. I'm just not quite fat enough to need the smaller steering wheel yet. Possibly...
• Re: Audi wheels!![long]
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 07:48:00 -0700
  The answer is yes as far as I can tell, the front wheel on my Syncro does fit tightly around the hub just like...