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Subject:Re: 16" alloys for the vanagon, check this out
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Thu, 24 May 2001 20:44:48 +1200

>Yes, they were originally ET37 but the factory had "glued" a very thick
>spacer to the inside. I can't even imagine how long the studs would need
>to be to make these work on a Vanagon. The spacer looked to be more than
>1/2" and the lug hole area was pretty thick to begin with.

Apparently 16x7" wheels on a nonSyncro need ET23. For an ET37 wheel (such
as my MB CLK) you'd need a 14mm spacer.

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