Stewart, I have been using Prestone Long Life coolant in my van and all my customers vans for many years.  It is phosphate free and is the best alternative to the expensive and hard to find VW coolant.  As for the centre caps, I have them new, see my <www.frankcondelli.com/sales.htm> webpage.  Studs and bolts in good chrome finish can be found at most any good wheel shop.  You want these:  Lug bolt, CARAT wheel, chrome plated, cone seat, 17 mm head, 14 x 1.5 x 32 mm  and  Lug nut, CARAT wheel, chrome plated, bulge cone seat, 19 mm head, 14 x 1.5 RH  

On 2012-04-30, at 5:46 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> I ran Dexcool in my '84 for about 5 years before I sold it without a
> problem.  Is anyone running a long life coolant like this or Zerex G-05?
> How about VW's G-12?  Nothing relevant came up in the archives.  I may just
> flush and replace with the blue stuff since I hope to re-engine with a
> Subaru in less than two years anyway, but it seems stupid to use that
> expensive product.
> 
> 
> 
> Also, I got a set of 14" VW alloy wheels along with this rig, but no
> studs/nuts or center caps.  Any ideas where I can get these?  Are they worth
> bothering with?

Cheers,    

Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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