Van-Cafe has 15 x 6 steelies too but they are WAAAY out of my price range.

http://www.van-cafe.com/vanagon_parts.jsp?pa=p&p=787678385

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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