Thought you couldn't get 16" Wheels on the front without changing the
control arms [or something like that]?

Mike

On 9/18/04 8:36 PM, "jbange" <hfinn@INGRATES.NET> wrote:

> ust returned home from a week long trip up and down Highway 1 in
> California. The first thing I did before tackling the dangerous twisty
> monster that is the 1 north of San Luis Obispo was stop in at GoWesty in
> Los Osos to ditch those factory 14" steel wheels with unbalanced, decaying
> cheap crap tires (PO was a college student-- no money) and have a set of
> 16" ones with good Michelins put on. All I can say is "wow". This is the
> best $1100 I've spent on the beast. Before, it handled like a unicycle with
> a bent wheel rim. The slightest wind, or groove in the pavement, or even
> going over 60mph required eternal vigilance at the steering wheel,
> correcting, re-correcting, and re-re-correcting as the dang thing wandered
> all over the road. After the 16's though, it handles like a dream. I can't
> recommend this upgrade highly enough.  Now the wife and I actually fight
> over who gets to drive!
>
> http://www.gowesty.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GVW-802
> 7&Category_Code=
>
> John Bange
> '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
>
>