----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: Anyone have Audi 5000 lug bolts?

> why dont you just go to your local junkyard?  there are tons of audi
5000's
> in junkyards usually..  prolly get all the lug bolts you need for the 5
> finger discount if youre good..
>
> chris
>

The original poster of this thread wound up buying Mercedes lugbolts with a
beefier head but still no longer than the Audi bolts. They are both 27mm
(1&1/8") from the tip to the seat.

I've tried the Audi bolts with 9mm spacers (anywhere from 8 to 10mm are used
by most Vanagon owners switching to the 15" Audi Turbo rims) and find get
only 5 revolutions of the bolt before tightening. VW recommends at least 7.5
turns.  Interestingly the stock Vanagon bolt does about 9 revolutions with
the steel wheels.

Some say if the bolt bites into the hub as far as its own thickness (in this
case 14mm) it is sufficient.

Phil
'89 2wd Westy