On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> switch to ET30 wheels ?
> when ?
> as far as I know there is only one style of 14 inch steel vanagon wheel..
> well, I take that back, I have seen extra heavy duty 'thicker steel'
> aftermarket wheels, like for your winter set of tires, in 14 inch steel.
>

There are at least two different OEM 14" steel wheels for Vanagons:

211 601 027 H
5.5Jx14H1 ET39

251 601 027
6Jx14H2 ET30

I have a set of five of the 6" ET30 wheels on my '87 Syncro.  ETKA
lists these wheels only for the Syncro, never for 2WD vans.  I don't
know whether the Syncros came with a full set of steel wheels like
this, or whether the steel wheel were sold only as a spare on vans
that came with alloy wheels.

Michael Snow
1987 Syncro TiiCo
1982 Westfalia 1.9TD
http://slowmachine82.blogspot.com/