

| Subject: | Re: will these rims fit one of my vanagons? |
| From: | Dave Vickery |
| Date: | Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:41:58 +0000 |
I wondered about that too, I have OEM Mercedes 15" wheels and they fit right over the front hubs on a 2wd. >Are you sure about the center holes Evan? I thought that was just the Audi/ >Passat rims, since my Mercedes wheels fit the hubs quite nicely. >From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> >Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: will these rims fit one of my vanagons? >Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:49:54 -0800 > >Are you sure about the center holes Evan? I thought that was just the Audi/ >Passat rims, since my Mercedes wheels fit the hubs quite nicely. > >On 3/27/06, Evan Mac Donald <macdonald1987@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > The wheels SHOULD fit the Doka without mods or spacers, but they will >need > > the center diameters opened up to 2 1/4 or 3/8", and 10mm spacers for >the > > front of a 2WD. You will have clearance problems at the upper control >arm, > > if you try to omit the spacer. > > The wheels will need longer bolts and studs in either use.
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