The ET is definitely all wrong but European or Chinese, I still don't see
the point.  Those wheels are mostly too narrow to be worth the trouble.

Once you've tried 16 x 7 wheels on a Vanagon, there's no going back!  =)

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Jason <uberhare@gmail.com> wrote:

> Don't kid yourself.  Even if they come from Europe, they may still be
> Chinese.  There are many traders passing stuff off as their own.
>
> Jay
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > > H�ctor
> > > 1990 Carat 'Ursula'
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Chris S.
> > Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
> >
>

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Jake

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