Well, I'm sorry, you're wrong.  We've already been through this.  The
owner's manual for my '91 (and someone else's, different model year)
camper has pictures and instructions for removal of the chrome, moon
hubcaps when changing a tire.

David

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:50 PM, jordanvw@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 1/19/2010 10:26:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> magikvw@GMAIL.COM writes:
>
> Dave,
>
> I think the plastic covers you speak of were original.  I could be
> wrong but
> I'm not sure any Vanagons came with the classic chrome  VW caps.
>
>
>
>
>
> jeff is right.
>
>  all '84 -'91 US market vanagons came from the factory with full
> plastic
> wheelcovers as standard, or the "carat" style alloys as an option on
> the  '87
> up vanagons
>
> the only US market vans to be sold w/ chrome moon hubcaps were some
> base
> model passenger vans and '80-'83 vans and westys.  i have a 85 nine
> passenger (oddball) non-GL base model vanagon that has a all vinyl
> interior and  it
> came with chrome moon hubcaps originally.
>
>
> the '88 westy in question above would have come originally with the
> factory
>  disc style plastic wheelcovers.
>
>
> i simply made the comment "i wasn't diggin those chrome moon style
> hubcaps"
>  is because with that low of mileage, it would have accentuated the
> originality  factor if it had the original wheelcovers on it.   just
> my 2 cents  :)
>
> chris