On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Troy <colorworks@gci.net> wrote:

> You may want to look at this link on the Samba
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=203519
>
> "

Troy,

That thread started in Nov. 2006? We've been putting MB wheels on Vanagons
here since before I joined in 1999. The Vanagon Cafe Alternative Wheels page
went up circa 2001. Anyway, putting MB wheels on can be as cheap or as
expensive as your choice of wheels. Unfortunately, the List archives are not
as easy to search as the Samba thread. This has been an endless discussion
here. In fact durng my "early wheel research", I simply bought the wheels
and tried to discover what it would take to put them on. Some of you may
recall me bragging about having 160 spare rims and tires. Well, in a recent
clean-up effort at my office storage, we discovered there are closer to 300
wheels in the stash pile.

You can get MB wheels on a Vanagon as low as $50 which use stock Vanagon
hardware or 19 inch monsters from AMG models which require longer
bolts/studs plus spacers to fit. By the time you're done with some of the
combinations, you'd have spent upwards of $300 for a proper set-up. Then
there's tires.

In end, it is often cheaper to put wheels intended and rated for Vanagons.

Regards,

BenT