

| Subject: | Re: 15" steel rims? |
| From: | Jake de Villiers |
| Date: | Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:12:52 -0700 |
The GoWesty wheels are made from Pontiac rim outers and Vanagon centres. They will take a VW hubcap, either flat or domed. They will NOT fit bigger brakes, if that's a consideration for you. There's a guy in Tsawwassen with them and they look great! I have a photo somewhere around here... On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote: > GW doesn't have them in stock either, but at least you have another > option.I > know 2 people with these on their vans, both Syncro's, and they swear by > them. > Robust, good looking, functional, and as you said, gives them more tire > options. > One runs Hakka's, the other BFG's. > http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_category.php?id=143 > > By the way, both these guys have them in black, not the silver color. > Look good with chrome nuts. > > bob > > 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 > > > -- Beverley Anne de Villiers April 20, 1930 - July 4, 2009 Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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