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Subject:Re: [Syncro] Custom 15" wheels? Why not go to the Source?
From:Benjamin Tan
Date:Fri, 11 May 2001 19:15:02 EDT

In a message dated 5/11/01 3:18:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
keith_adams@transcanada.com writes:

<< The only thing that baffles me is the price of all these
alloys...sheesh.... I can get 17" Mercedes alloys for $200 CDN, but 15"
Vanagon ones cost $210 USD +shipping + duty and taxes?  At that point, any
alternative is a good alternative. >>

Shopping helps. I can get new SA Wolfsburg alloys for US$125 each. My vendor
sells to the general public at US$156.25. These are not seconds. BTW one
listee got a set of the same wheels with nearly new Michelins from him for
$450/set of 4.

BenT