Here in NY plenty of Audi and VW wheels get messed up, bent and broken on
our great roads on those cars. No way will I install them on a Vanagon here.
As for Mercedes knock offs keep in mind my 600SEL is 4950 pounds empty and
on its current 17 inch wheels should have a 235/55-17 tire , XL (103 load
index) and V speed rated.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
jordanvw@AOL.COM
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 12:06 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Center Bore Machining.

this topic has been hashed many times over the years and there is plenty of
info in the archives.   passat/ audi wheels have been used by many for years
on the vanagon with no more disasters than the 14" vanagon stock alloy wheel
itself.   i have been running audi (passat) since the mid 90's on my
vanagons.   dont let the folks scare you off.  if you can get the wheels at
a decent price and get machining done at a decent price, buy them.

i usually stay out of these threads because too many people talk isht about
something they've never tried themselves and the end result is always the
same thing, a pissing match...

these are usually the same folks who will drop a grand or more on some "go
westy" wheels and tires which are basically aftermarket mercedes knock offs.

if you want to know more, feel free to p-mail me

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Davis <panoptagon@TELUS.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Fri, May 7, 2010 5:41 pm
Subject: Center Bore Machining.

I am in the market for new rims and tires. I would really love to use
Passat 5 double spoke rims but I am a little hesitant to use wheels
that need to have their center hole machined. Does anyone on the list
have any idea about this? Is it dangerous? The passat rims have a
57.1 mm center hole.

Thanks again,

Jeff