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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!
>
>
>

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