How much clearance do you have between the rear wheel and the sliding
door when it is fully open?

Matthew wrote:

>--- spaethgorgenet <spaeth@gorge.net> wrote:
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>>I just finished putting a set of 16" Mercedes CLK
>>wheels on my
>>2wd Westy Multi Van. There are several very nice
>>things about
>>these wheels. First is that they are very well made
>>forged wheels
>>with meticulous machining. Second, the center bore
>>is big
>>enough even for the 2wd vans, which take an even
>>larger center
>>bore than the syncro. Third the offset is about
>>right. I would have
>>to check on the wheel to be sure what the offset is.
>>They are very
>>close on the steering knuckle but they do clear. The
>>Mercedes
>>wheels use a ball seat for the lug nuts and bolts. I
>>used late
>>model lug bolts up front off of VW/Audi steel
>>wheels, which use
>>the same ball seat as the Mercedes wheels. For the
>>rear I had a
>>friend machine a set of Vanagon lug nuts to match
>>the Mercedes
>>ball seat. It only cost about $15 to get all 10
>>done. Mercedes
>>uses 12mm bolts for their wheels so I had to drill
>>out the bolt
>>holes with a 15mm bit. This gave clearance and
>>wiggle room for
>>the VW 14mm studs. The only weirdness is that the
>>nuts in the
>>back take a 19mm wrench and the bolts in the front
>>take a 17mm
>>wrench. You also need to remove the two 11mm bolts
>>that hold
>>the rear brake drum in place. I am running 225/60-16
>>tires on the
>>van. I know that is not any good for off road and I
>>have no idea
>>what would fit for that purpose. I thought I would
>>share this
>>experience.
>>
>>Craig
>>the Gorge
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>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.ftir.chem.uidaho.edu
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