The Mefro wheels that I used to sell at Fast Forward Automotive were
T�V approved in Germany ONLY if sold with the correct
fasteners.� A lot of people bitched that I sold these wheels only
with new fasteners while others didn't - 'cause it added a lot to the
price.� I don't want to see anyone hurt - so I made no exceptions to
that.

The BEST thing to do here is get a one of those pencils
that you can write on glass with and color the entire ball seating area on
the wheel and then tighten the fastener reasonable tight onto the
wheel.� If it removes all of the pencil material it is a correct seat
- if it leaves some behind (especially deeper in the hole) then it is the
wrong profile.

$0.50 says if it is an MB wheel it is for a 12mm
ball profile and not the 14mm ball profile that the Vanagon uses.

David Marshall
VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider

http://www.hasenwerk.ca

On Wed, December 24, 2008 07:02,
Mike S wrote:
> 
> At 09:39 AM 12/24/2008, mdrillock
wrote...
>>The ball seat is not quite the same as stock
14" steel Vanagon wheels.
>>The diameter of the hole is
the same. The diameter of the ball they
>>are
>>machined to fit is smaller. There is a guy on Samba selling
hybrid
>>nuts
>>needed to properly match the
diameter of the smaller ball with the
>>larger diameter lug
hole.
> 
> Maybe. I've seen those references on thesamba,
too. But, they're not a
> reference to these specific wheels, and
the stock bolts seem to seat to
> the same depth as on the stock
wheels. In any case, it would be much
> more critical for alloy
wheels, where the entire seat is present, not
> just a formed
"lip" as on steel wheels.
>