Only way around this is wheel spacers, that I know of. You can get them
at speed shops. Now you will have to increas your lugs length alot.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, Mark Upton wrote:

> The Passat 98+ steel wheels have to have the centers machined out 1/4" and they
> need longer( rear) wheel studs and longer (front)wheel bolts.The 45mm offset is
> extremely close to the upper ball joint maybe 1/8".I am working on this  right
> now.any suggestions?
>
> David Marshall wrote:
>
> > No... they are 5 x 100mm bolt pattern.  Too bad as there are some NICE N.B.
> > wheels out there.  The 98+ Passat has a lot of the same styles and they
> > will fit if you don't mind being out a little on the offset.
> >
> > At 12:02 PM 21/01/2000 -0800, Joel Cort wrote:
> > >Hi Volks,
> > >
> > >I spotted some rims on Ebay and I was vondering if the
> > >OEM mag rims froma 98 New Beetle would fit our
> > >Vanagons?  The rims are 15" and have 5 lugs but the
> > >offset is not known.  They look cool and very original
> > >with VW logo.
> > >
> > >Any hints or information would be appreciated.
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >Joel
> > >89 Syncro Westy
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