

| Subject: | Re: Wheels for Vanagon Syncro |
| From: | OlRivrRat |
| Date: | Sun, 30 Dec 2012 01:59:02 -0700 |
Dick
Clarification please ~ you wrote 16x7 & 215/65x15 ~ are they 16s or 15s
ORR ~ DeanB
On 29 Dec , 2012, at 11:56 PM, Dick Wong wrote:
> I have an opportunity to get (4) wheels off my friend's Audi 2003 A6
> Quattro. They are 16x7, ET45. I have tried them on the front and
> they fit
> with a spacer. I did not have a chance to try them on the rear yet.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/bnpzkoa
>
> Does anyone see a problem with this? I see that the original alloys
> have a
> "LT" (light truck?) designation on them. Will the Audi wheels be
> strong
> enough?
>
> If this works, I plan on buying 215/65x15 tires. This combination
> will give
> me an overall diameter pretty close to the 27x8.50-14 tires that I
> have
> right now, which is giving me correct speedo numbers (checked using
> a GPS).
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Dick Wong-
> 78 Scirocco
> Original Owner
> 87 Syncro 2.5 (slightly crispy)
> Third Owner
> 12 Golf TDI
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