I just picked up a set of 16" x 7" ET37 steel wheels from a Mercedes C240
complete with 205/55VR-16 Michelins.  They bolted right on using the stock
fasteners, needing only the removal of the drum retaining cap screws.

There isn't very much space between the inner sidewall and the upper control
arm but they don't actually rub!  I'll probably order up some longer
fasteners and run some thin spacers.

I'll bet that there are equivalent 15" M-B steelies that would be just as
easy.

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:

>  Are/were there any steel 15" wheels that would fit a regular 2wd ('84)
> vanagon?  Want steel because I bend wheels, it seems.  Have done so 4 times
> anyhow, and I don't fancy trying to get 'in' from a remote Baja site with a
> fractured alloy wheel, so..
>
> .I actually  bashed  a bent rim back into shape enough to air up using a
> beach boulder once.  And yes, you can seat a bead on a tubeless truck rim
> using exploding gasoline inside the tire..I did it myself once, after
> seeing
> the guys in the "Llanteras" (Tire shop) do it in Baja.  You can do a lot of
> unusual things on your own, when you have no other choice..
>
>  Don Hanson
>

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