As far as dealers go, Roger Jobs VW/AUDI in Bellingham has the best Vanagon
stock in our neck of the woods, and at reasonable prices too.

I believe that the mid 70's 911 used the same 14 x 1.5 . Drop by your local
Lordco for a little one-on-one with the counter guy. He might be very
helpful.

On 11/1/06, Mark Drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:
>
> I have used Empi rear studs a few times. The ones I bought were 2.2"
> long. They fit a little tight and I very slightly ground down the
> splines to a taper before installing them.
>
> Mark
>
> neil wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > Would order from a vendor such as Bus Depot, but
> > wanted to get job done asap. Since they are in U.S., I
> > assumed shipping would take too long...... border and
> > all.
> >
> > Thanks for info re CIP studs. It looked like the EMPI
> > ones would fit even though too long. I figured I'd
> > cut/grind blank end (or leave as is? No harm?) as it
> > looked like threads are long enough.
> >
> > ..............
>

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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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