Thanks, Ben.� I test-fitted a Nissan Maxima 114.3 alloy wheel to my Westy when the neighbor was installing new struts on his car. It went on grudgingly, binding on the inside edges of�the lug holes as you might expect,�and definitely would have needed longer lugs/bolts with a different seat in order to be secure.
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When I finally wear out the Wynstar Phaser 14" tires on my van I'll be searching for 15" wheels for an upgrade, so I welcome info on 15s.
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Stephen

--- On Mon, 1/19/09, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:

From: BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
Subject: Merkur Scorpio alloys & other wheels which can fit Vanagons
To: bike2vcu@yahoo.com
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Date: Monday, January 19, 2009, 2:05 PM

On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:

Thanks for the clarification.� I know the bolt pattern is the same and have seen photos of Vanagons with these wheels that I recognize as being from the Scorpio, but it was too good to be true that they would just bolt up since so few wheels do so properly.
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There are actually quite a bit of wheels which will fit a Vanagon. One of these days, I'll put that page back together in VanagonCafe.com. In fact I had a photo there of Bill Kasper's Syncro with the Merkur Scorpio wheels which he bought
from a friend of mine.�Bill used 8mm spacers and longer studs. The rest was a bolt on.
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I will post at a later date about a new product that I want to test which allows you to install a 5 X 114.3 (typical Japanese
bolt pattern) to a Vanagon. The bolts themselves become the adapter but there are limits on the wheel which it can work
on depending on the size of the lughole.
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