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Subject:Re: Cip1.com - wheels 5x112mm
From:Chris S
Date:Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:17:24 -0500

Some of these are imported from Europe.

They do look nice and some of them would look pretty good on an older
Vanagon.  However, there's a small problem.  Look at the back spacing:
http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ACC-C10-6628

5.5 inch wide wheel with 3.25 inch back spacing means an ET of 13.  Stock
alloys have an ET of 30, which means these will protrude 17mm further out.
You should try and stick to stock ET as close as possible to maintain
steering geometry of the front suspension and minimize stresses on the wheel
bearings.  If you read the fine print at the bottom of the wheel description
they actually recommend machining them to increase ET.

2010/2/9 Hector Zapata <hlzapata@gmail.com>

> Some of you might find this interesting...
>
> http://www2.cip1.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1935
>
>
> Héctor
> 1990 Carat 'Ursula'
>

-- 
Chris S.
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