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Subject:Re: steel wheel modification
From:BenT Syncro
Date:Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:21:42 -0700

On 9/14/05, Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@gxt.com> wrote: 
> 
> i have a set of 15x6 steel wheels in my garagae from a jeep wrangler
> that i no longer own. the bolt pattern is 5x114.3, so they won't fit on
> my 5x112 van. is it possible to knock out the centers of my van's steel
> wheels, and mate them with the jeep wheels?

 <SNIP>
 Aaron,
 Places like Stockton Wheel in California provides this type of service on a 
regular. The one caveat on this conversion is interior size. If you are 
installing something like a SA big brake kit, They are not likely going to 
fit in the resulting space created with your small 14" steel wheel tub even 
with a larger rim. I would be more inclined to have them re-weld a 
1998-later Passat steel rim to the correct offset and width or use as is as 
JordanVW recommends.
 BenT
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