Bill, mind if i ask how much you paid for your rims? i found a pair and
they guy suggested 100 for 4. Alloy 15".
thanks

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Bill Kasper wrote:

> on 7/10/01 5:19 PM, Rob Le Duc at vze2qww6@VERIZON.NET wrote:
>
> > i remember reading about putting merkur scorpio wheels on a vanagon  was this
> > a bolt on with no modification ....    ???????
> >
> > thanks
> > rob
> >
> >
> > 86 syncro    ALTHEA
> >
>
> rob, i have the merkurs on our syncro.  they work fine, i have BFGATKO
> 215/75/15s on them and there's no rubbing at all (except on the road!).
> they're ET38, and i used a 6.5mm (1/4") spacer to bring them to ET31.5,
> which is close to the stock ET30 on the SA 15" rims.  they will not clear
> the stub axle without the spacers, and there's not enough meat in the middle
> to spin them to the correct diameter to fit over the stubs.
>
> just took delivery from benT of a set of longer studs for the hubs, so i can
> have more than 6 turns of my lugnuts holding them on.
>
> i think ben now has a pic of our van showing the rims from afar on his
> website (see one of his posts for the addy).  i have two angles of close-ups
> as well, and i am going to set him up so he can link to them from my
> webspace in the next couple of days.
>
> good luck and let me know if you have any more questions.
>
> bill
> '87 syncro westfalia
> http://www.scruznet.com/~kasper/pics/westy/
>