hi Troy........
ET34 sounds perfect to me.......although I am certainly not any kind of
'wheel rim ET guru' .........I think ET35 is stock,
and I just looked at a 14 inch alloy and it says ET 30,
And there's leeway a few #'s either way.

the rears can reach in a long way, no problem.    But in the front clearance
on the upright is a  concern.
3/16 ths inch isn't too much of a spacer....
and ......now I realize why I grabbed those longer Eurovan front wheel
mounting bolts the other day  .

----- Original Message -----
From: "Troy" <colorworks@gci.net>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
Cc: <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: Mercedes Rim lug hole size

> That's great info Scott. The ET of the rims I'm looking at are 34, (stock
> is 30ET?) so maybe 4mm spacers will be needed up front (that's only 3/16")
> so maybe no spacer at all. I would think the rears would be fine.
>
> Troy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
> To: <colorworks@gci.net>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Mercedes Rim lug hole size
>
>
>> many mercedes use 12 mm wheel mounting  bolts....
>> but the hole in the wheel is big enough to take a 14 mm stud or bolt.
>> or sometimes with the tiniest bit of enlarging the hole in the wheel
>> where the wheel mounting bolt goes.
>>  9/16's inch drill with a half inch shank is handy for that.
>>  I see some of the Benz's use 14 mm wheel mounting bolts or studs......so
>> no problem there.
>> it's the ET that you need to know and get about right, or adapt to
>> correct.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Troy" <colorworks@GCI.NET>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:13 AM
>> Subject: Mercedes Rim lug hole size
>>
>>
>>> Hi folks:
>>>
>>> Trying to determine if a set of rims I've located have used 12 or 14 mm
>>> lugs.
>>>
>>> On the Samba I found this list:
>>>
>>> Mercedes:
>>> 190E W201 1982-1993 * Bolts 12x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> E-Class W124 1988-1991 * Bolts 12x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> C-Class W202 1995-2000 * 12x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> C-Class W203 2001-2005 * Bolts 12x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> CL-Class W215 2000-2005 * Bolts 12x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> CLK Class W208 1998-2002 * Bolts 12x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> CLK Class W209 2003-2005 * Bolts 12x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> E-Class W124 1984-1995 * Bolts 12x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> E-Class W210 1996-2002 * Bolts 12x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> E-Class W211 2003-2005 * Bolts 14x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> M-Class W163 1998-2005 * Bolts 14x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> S-Class W140 1991-1999 * Bolts 14x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> S-Class W220 1999-2005 * Bolts 14x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> SL-Class R129 1990-2002 * Bolts 12x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> SL-Class R230 2003-2006 * Bolts 14x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> SLK-Class R170 1998-2005 * Bolts 12x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>> SLK-Class R171 2005-2006 * Bolts 14x1.5 * Bolt Pattern 5x112
>>>
>>>
>>> Problem is, when I type in a vehicle that is supposed to use
>>
>