Hi Volks,

What I haven't seen mentioned here (yet) is that the Audi may not weigh
as much, but it is capable of putting more stress on a rim than a
vanagon does due to its higher output engine and the higher speeds it
was designed to handle at.

There's more to stressing a rim than static load. Cornering, braking
and accelleration make stress too. Lots of Audi's and Benz's do corners
and accell/decel better than a vanagon. Their rims have to handle that
stress.

FWIW, I just swapped a set of stock 1988 vanagon rims onto my 1973
westy to take advantage of the Michelin Agilis 185R14's that came with
the Vanagon. With them in place and the captain's chairs from the
Vanagon installed I'm really looking forward to the reduced road noise
on my trip to Everynus in three weeks.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
1988 Vanagon GL 8-passenger Automatic
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 23-Mar-05, at 4:52 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 3/22/05 9:47:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> JordanVw@AOL.COM
> writes:
>
>
>>> It would be nice to see some real GVWR numbers for these particular
>> vehicles
>>> instead of speculating about their particular weights (i.e.
>> "SUBSTANTIANALLY
>>> heavier" to my wife is around 15-20lbs:>).
>>
>> from the Quattro-list:
>> the audi V8 weighs  4029 unloaded/empty and GVWR is 5093 lbs.
>>
>>
>
>  and to add, the GVWR of my Vanagon wolfsburg is 5270,  the GVWR of
> the Audi
> V8 is 5093
>
>
> chris
>
>