

| Subject: | Re: 15 inch wheels |
| From: | David Marshall |
| Date: | Wed, 18 Oct 2000 17:27:09 -0700 |
These are some Audi Quattro wheels available only in Europe. These are semi-gloss black - nothing fancy. At 08:10 AM 18/10/2000 -0600, Keith Adams wrote: >David, > >What are these steel wheels you are getting? > >I'm not really into spending a bunch on alloys for my van, but rather I just >want plain vanilla steel 15" rims. What alternatives are there? Passat? >Audi? Eurovan? Benz? ??? Anyone? Bueller? > >Somehow, I've always just been into the plain black steel rims, no hubcaps, and >chrome lugnuts. Maybe it comes from my teenage obsession with a 440-6 pack Road >Runner with the black fiberglass hood! ;-) > >Keith Adams >Calgary, Alberta, Canada >1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia > >> The big problem that you are looking at is finding a 15 or 16" wheel with >> the correct offset. I am getting some 15s in with an offset of 37mm which >> is 2mm more than the factory 16" (35mm) and they are 6" wide - should fit >> like a glove! > > > -- David Marshall - Volkswagen Enthusiast - Quesnel, BC, Canada -- -- 78 VW Rabbit, 79 VW Iltis, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westfalia -- -- 85 VW Cabriolet, 87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 VW Syncro Double Cab -- -- David's Volkswagen Home Page http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning http://www.fastforward.ca -- -- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --
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