Don,
it just occured to me .....
not expecting you to go for this especially, but I could sell you two 15
inch steel vanagon rims. They'll work fine on the rear of your van, with
stock lug nuts.

If I did that it would also 'lock me in' to having to use some 15 inch alloy
Audi rims I just got to use on the EV,
which sure seem to fit dead perfectly on it,  and being cautious (
sometimes ) and addicted to having way, way too many VW van parts around ,
evidently , I'm slightly reluctant to let those go yet.
Just thought I'd mention it as a possibility.
Best everything to all,
scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 5:40 PM
Subject: 15" steel rims?

>  It's about time to start thinking 'new tires' again for my 84.  It'd be
> the right time to swap to some 15" rims, both for a little increased
> ground
> clearance and for the additional tire options available in 15".  I am not
> interested in alloy wheels, not for a vehicle I take off road or onto
> really
> crappy roads...I have bent and broken alloy wheels and been left with no
> spare in dicey situations..so it's steel for me.  I have, on two
> occasions,
> 'hammered-out' bent steel rims, got them back into shape well enough
> to continue on some remote Mexico and desert trips..
>  The only sure source I see, upon 'cursorial lookage' is Van Cafe and they
> are 'out of stock' and also a hundred bucks each  (I didn't even consider
> the freight cost..)...a bit much for plain steel wheels on my budget.  Has
> anyone ever found any other steel wheels in 15" size that will work on a
> 2wd
> Vanagon without machine work or extra long studs..  Or does anyone have
> any
> "steelies" left from an "upgrade" FS within a few hundred miles of PDX
> (Portland, Or.)?...
>  I guess I could start with the Samba..Knowing what other vehicles might
> have similar offsets to the Vanagons 14" stocker rims might be a good
> help,
> then I could also scour the junkyards, etc..
>  Thanks,  Don Hanson