Agreed.  Mercedes CLK forged wheels saved me 6lb per wheel/tire combo over
stock steel wheels and ride like a dream.

2010/2/11 Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>

> 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Héctor
> > > > 1990 Carat 'Ursula'
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Chris S.
> > > Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
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>

-- 
Chris S.
Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"