Dears Glenn,

I STRONGLY suggest you forget going with EITHER Mercedes or Audi wheels unless you also go with spacers. See:

   http://www.hsdesign.com/vanagon/Vanagon_tire_section.gif

Cheers,

MJS

At 07:09 AM 3/4/00 -0500, McComas_Glenn wrote:

>I'm interested in putting Mercedes alloys [from ~1978 series 300] on a 1987

>Vanagon.  Would appreciate my list friends' advice on....

>

>-Front bolts and rear studs (changeout, replacement, etc)

>-Offset (spacers needed?)

>-Machining (hub clearance)

>-Typical junkyard pricing experience

>

>Tried to get to the Archives.  Maybe someone could remind me (p-mail).  The

>listings/indexes I received show no subject matter.

>

>Many thanks-----

>Glenn

<bold>Michael J. Sullivan

</bold>Marshfield Hills, MA

Central America 2001 or bust!

'87 VW Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia "Sunny" (soon to be TDi-powered)

'89 Audi 200 Turbo Quattro Wagon "Wizard" (soon to be for sale)

'96 VW Passat TDi "Teddi" (46mpg)

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