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• Re: Alternative Rims
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Wed, 16 Jun 1999 21:47:53 -0400
  ...Because I am thinking of getting some rims for my > Vanagon but was wondering about the speedometer?? Anyone have any experience > with this? Thanks...
• FS 14" Vanagon Alloy Rims
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Sun, 12 May 2002 22:31:48 -0600
  I recently purchased a 91 Carat which has these rims on it. I am contemplating that I would rather have new tires than these...
• Re: 16" wheels
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 22:57:59 +0100
  ...From what I have seen, you can go up to 235 width on your 7,5 rims, but those will be wide tires. The...
• Re: AUDI Alloys.. from Yoshi
  Historical mailing list - Yoshi
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 14:54:39 +0900
  ...The rims center > has to be widened... Don't know if genuine Audi alloys have the same center > as Audi steel rims, but my...
• Re: 15" audi wheels with tires Seattle CL $150
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:02:13 EDT
  ...More authentic look than any Mercedes rims. And they are better than 14" stock. To use Mercedes rims the lug holes need to be...
• warped brazilian rims
  Historical mailing list - Martin Peitz
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 16:24:19 -0600
  I just put new tires on my new stock rims, which I bought at "California Imports". When balancing the wheels it turned out that...
• Bay window bus rims on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Weaver
  Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:55:34 -0400
  Recently read an article stating Vanagon rims are a direct fit on the �71 - �79 bay window bus. Is the reverse true � does the...
• Re: passat steel rims and tires
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:37:23 -0800
  ...Mark Nock wrote: > > I am going to order some 15 " rims and tires from tirerack > > I have picked the passat 15" rims > > I know...
• Wanted: Set of 4 Alloy Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Riley Kettner
  Wed, 31 May 2000 20:46:41 -0700
  Looking for any style of rims. Preferably 15". Also looking at aftermarket rims. I might buy singles in the hopes of getting 4 together...
• Anyone want to trade 15 inch for 14 inch?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Wheaton
  Thu, 30 May 1996 12:10:08 -0700
  I have 4 14 inch 5 bolt rims - I think they are 5.5 inch wide but I am not sure. What I would...
• WTB steel rims for A3
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 19:35:03 -0500
  ...Does anyone (hopefully near me) have a set of steel rims for an A3 (93-99 Jetta/Golf and later Golf3 based Cabrio) steel...
• FS snow tires on 14 inch rims $160
  Historical mailing list - David O'Bryan
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:38:52 -0500
  Hello, I'm selling my snow tires since I just upgraded to 15 inch rims. Please see the ad here. http://www.thesamba.com...
• Jetta query, no V'gon content
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Thu, 2 Nov 2006 13:05:20 -0500
  Dear List, Does anyone know what was the latest year that the Jettas wore 13" rims? I have a like-new set of Haaka...
• Re: 15 inch rims (same thread, different day/time)
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Wed, 31 May 2000 08:07:31 -0400
  ...Not that I wouldn't like to use >the stock alloys or passat or audi rims, but there's got to be other rims...
• Re: rhein rims
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Sat, 30 May 2009 23:06:49 -0700
  ...rhein rims > I'm a syncro guy not a 2wd guy. I believe that the studs on the rear > are the same length in...
• Re: tire chains: cable vs chain
  Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 14:28:45 -0800
  My dad would always keep two sets of rims for the rear tires. One with studded snows, the other with "highway' tires. In the...
• info request: original colour of pre 68' rims?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 15:18:21 -0400
  does anybody know what the original colour would have been on the 14" rims on Westfalias from 1965-67? Were the colours the same...
• MSW Rims
  Historical mailing list - Bernie Campoli
  Mon, 6 Oct 1997 06:10:04 -0500
  ...I have 4 MSW alloy rims (MB bolt patttern),black mesh center with chrome outer rim.asking $350 +S&H. I plan on attending...
• Free tires and rims (Seattle)
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Fri, 18 May 2007 13:07:52 -0700
  I have two or three unmatched 14" standard steel rims with usable tires. Various spares. Yours for the hauling. Please take them all. Bretts...
• Will these fit? FS: 16" Audi Rims with Pretty much brand new Yokohoma Winter Tires - $ - $600
  Historical mailing list - Crawford Smith
  Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:29:45 -0800
  ...16" Audi Rims with Pretty much brand new Yokohoma Winter Tires - $ - $600 Will these fit my vanagon 91? Thx in advance. Crawford
• Re: There's a New Wheel in Town... Almost
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:17:31 -0700
  ...6) What other implications, > ramafications are there to changing to 15" rims? I've put together a transmission calculator (excel spreadsheet) which allows you...
• Re: FW: Brazilian wheels
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 12:54:26 -0600
  ...They said that they spoke to the Mangels rep and the minimum order for these rims would be 200 rims which my supplier couldn...
• 15" SA Alloy Rim Clearance
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:18:54 EDT
  I am down to the last couple of sets of my 15" Sunburst Alloy rims and I would like to move them out of...
• Audi rim center caps
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 11:56:56 -0400
  I've got a line on some real cheap Audi rims without center caps. Does anyone have the centercaps or know where I can...
• Re: vanagon rims
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
  Sun, 18 Aug 1996 10:50:21 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I do believe that some the mercedesbrand rims will fit, like from a 300TD perhaps? > I own a 1987 Vanagon GL and have been...
• Alloy rim question
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Wed, 29 May 2002 12:13:05 -0700
  ...Besides aesthetics (and perhaps weight), are there any advantages to stock alloy VW rims over steel ones? I have an opportunity to buy 4...
• 14" steel rims
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 14:24:36 -0400
  ...Got five 14" rims that will be sand blasted, painted and clear coated before tires and balancing. Keep smiling Peter Marsh Naples FL Sent...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:50:14 -0700
  ​RE: "Motor" vs "Engine" Thank you Tom Thank you, thank you. Welcome to the 'cringe' crowd, those that cringe when motor is used to...
• Looking for 15" VW Bus Rims and tires
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:30:09 +0000
  ...But when I went to install my factory steel 14" rims back on the van they wouldn't fit. I called the manufacturer and...
• Re: understanding tire sizes
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:51:52 -0600
  ...Current T5s are fitted with 215/65R16 on 6.5" rims or 235/55R17 on 7" rims. At least the ones they deliver to...
• rims
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 10:13:56 EST
  Dear List, Does anyone have a set of 14" rims for sale? Or have advice on where to find, how much to pay? Bus...
• free
  Historical mailing list - chris jackson
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 12:23:01 -0700
  ...cover are in good shape as well as stock rims & 14" M/B rims are in good shape. This is for pick up only...
• Looking for a set of 15" factory rims for 66 VW Bus
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:32:18 +0000
  ...But when I went to install my factory steel 14" rims back on the van they wouldn't fit. I called the manufacturer and...
• Re: Tires one more time-185 to 195???
  Historical mailing list - Thomas J. LaLanne
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:51:59 -0800
  I've been reading this thread with interest, but nobody seems to be talking about what tires should be used on 15" rims. I...
• Re: steel rims
  Historical mailing list - Peabo 711
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 15:55:08 -0700
  ...I've thought about getting larger rims to make it easier to find > tires, but alloy rims are too expensive for me and I...
• What I learned Today About Wheel Swaps
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:30:28 +0000
  ...Now, as for grinding down the rims at home, there is only a small lip that needs to ground off for the rims to...
• Re: which rims fit my bus? Need winter rims...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:44:20 -0800
  ...Matthew Pollard wrote: > > Howdy folks, i seem to recall that some older bus rims will fit my > 84. Which years? I am taking a...
• 16x7 ET35 Mille Miglia Fabula rims 5x112mm
  Historical mailing list - Scott Greiner
  Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:08:57 -0800
  A friend of mine is selling these wheels, 16x7 ET35 Mille Miglia Fabula rims 5x112mm. Does anybody know if they can be used on...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:43:14 -0700
  ...more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims" To: "Stephen Grisanti" <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> Cc: "vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM vanagon" <vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Tire lug nut question..
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:22:48 -0700
  ...Do Alloy rims use the same lug nuts as standard rims? If not, is it safe for me to make the 2 mile drive...
• Re: [Syncro] FS: 15" X 7 " - 5 X112mm pattern Passat alloy rims.
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 01:14:42 EST
  ...I don't getting rims to fit my Syncro ro 2WD Vanagon. If you see my personal garage, you will find over 50 spare...
• Re: 15" audi wheels with tires Seattle CL $150
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:36:51 +0800
  On 8/29/07, David Kao <dtkao0205@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Yes, Audi rims are more work to use on Vanagon 2WD. I liked the...
• 15" Rims & Tires For Sale
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:18:48 +0000
  Since this has just come up again here, I have my 15" rims and tires up for sale (again). These are "sport rims" that...
• Re: Set Of 4 Vanagon Alloy Rims For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:37:40 -0700
  ...I have 4 Vanagon alloy rims, two with tires, two without. Tires are nearly new snow tires, about 1,000 miles on them. Rims...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:21:38 -0700
  is isn't it funny... some of you hold real $$.. you know that? hehehe.. :-) http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/ptd/3676691226.html http://losangeles.craigslist...
• Re: FS: Audi 5000 Rims
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Sep 1999 23:52:25 EDT
  In a message dated 9/20/99 2:24:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, KENWILFY@AOL.COM writes: << Audi rims which you will have...
• Free: 14 inch Vanagon Rims
  Historical mailing list - DB
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:51:09 -0500
  Hi all, I have four 14 inch steel rims off my Vanagon. They are free, as long as who ever wants them pays the...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:27:33 -0700
  Okay, I was going to begin a Jeff-like rant on the use of the word "rims" when actually speaking of wheels. �The rim...
• Re: Converting Vanagon to Audi 15" Rims
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Christensen
  Thu, 4 Feb 2010 20:10:10 +0000
  ...Converting Vanagon to Audi 15" Rims Steve, Do an archive search and you will find a wealth of information on the subject. Not all...
• Re: Tire and rim width - was Tires one more time
  Historical mailing list - Samuel Walters
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 05:24:50 +0800
  Vanogonites, I am running 215/75R15 BFG AllTerrain AT/KO's in 15x6.5 rims with no problem. Quite a number of others are...
• Re: rims
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 16 Dec 2000 15:47:06 EST
  ...When you bump an obstacle hard with a cast rims, they usually crack. Forged rims bend. BenT (pun intended) San Francisco
• Re: Benz rims
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 13 Jun 95 13:14:53 CDT
  On Tue, 13 Jun 95 13:09:39 CDT <mbushore@icaen.uiowa.edu> said: <speaking of Mercedes-Benz rims> >Where can you find them...
• wanted: alloy rims for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Sullivan
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 12:33:31 -0800
  I'm looking to purchase a set of those cool looking alloy rims Volkwagen put on late model Vanagons. VW wants over $400/new...
• Re: Do volvo rims work on vanagons?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 02:20:48 EST
  In a message dated 3/6/00 9:13:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, Locovws@AOL.COM writes: << I can get volvo rims from...
• Re: rhein rims
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 31 May 2009 00:03:07 -0400
  ...On May 30, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Bob Mac wrote: > A question for the guys with the rhein rims. I just purchased a...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:47:52 -0700
  ...more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims" To: "Stephen Grisanti" <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM> Cc: "vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM" <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: "Steel Wheels" (Rolling Stones, road music content ??)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:17:20 -0800
  those are 15" rims. Kim Brennan wrote: > I believe there were a few (probably not US) 14" steel wheels made in 6" > wide rims...
• Re: rims: pontiac g6 16" FOLLOW-UP
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 08:48:11 -0700
  ...The steel rims (see below) fit a 2wd w/o modifications (not tried on a syncro, but it SHOULD fit). They are 7" wide...
• Re: 16 alloy rims from eurocampers.com
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 21:10:06 -0600
  ...Who knows if the 16 " audi rims from www.eurocompers.com <http://www.eurocompers.com> will fit a regular westy. Very attactive price. I...
• Re: 15" Vanagon Wheel Deals!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:12:21 EST
  ...There are some other numbers cast on the rims beside the part numbers but I don't know if any of them would be...