You were expecting a bolt-on!!?   :-)

Casey, Casey Casey........It's not very hard or expensive to do, and can
transform your van in a very positive way.

Jake

On 6/15/06, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I just went home for lunch and checked out the rims again.  They're indeed
> 7", but don't have any steel inserts like those on my bundts.   They also
> require longer lug bolts than the bundts, which means I'd probably have to
> not only drill out the holes, but also purchase some special 14mm lugbolts
> and studs.  Considerably less appealing than before.
>
> On 6/15/06, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > The 7's might touch the steering components un a 2wd Vanaagon. Trial fit
> > them. I have driven out the steel inserts in older style (Bundt
> cake-style)
> > MB wheels. I haven't really seen any of the newer wheels with steel
> inserts.
> > If the lughole seat is conical or ball seat under the insert, then You
> may
> > be able to use them as-is. Some of the wheel inserts I have seen used on
> MB
> > wheels have a stepped seat wth a flat bottom. Not ideal for a lugnut or
> bolt
> > to sit on. =(
> >
> >
> --
> Casey
> Olympia, WA
> Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state"
> '87 300TD intercooler #22 (215k)
> '84 300D (213k)
> Gashuffer:
> '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K)
> http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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