>Hi All,
>If anyone is interested, a friend has a set of 4
>Mercedes steel wheels available. They are similar to
>the stock vanagon rims. They are 5 1/2 x 14 size. Same
>as vanagon & have the same 5 x 112 bolt pattern.
>
>I have similar 15" steel Benz wheels on my syncro &
>they fit w/ no modifications. Just remove the little
>alignment bolt on the rear drums,(not needed).
>
>Interested parties should contact me directly by
>email. The asking price is $75.00 for all 4, shipping
>would be extra. They are boxed & ready to ship. I paid
>$50 EACH for mine from a junk yard & they were rusty.

I put a set of then-near-new 15x6.5J Mercedes steels on my Bay back in 1990
or so, cost $350NZ (about $150US). I think they were 300E wheels.
Black-painted ugly things, and it diidn't take long for the paint to
oxidize and fail, allowing rust. also the lugholes had to be opened up and
the seats reprofiled to fit the larger VW bolts.

I really hope Mercedes quality is on average a LOT better than the paint on
these wheels! Hopefully mine were a faulty paint batch and yours will be
better.

I still have them, though the Bay is gone. Spares for the Caravelle, I
guess...  only got 5000km use out of them & the expensive new Riken tires
before the van...expired of unnatural cauese (botched conversion and
vandalization by the "mechanic").

Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
fax 64 (3) 479-7527
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
VW van (something for every man), Toyota diesel & seashell nut
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