Well, so far as the clam shell is concerned, sure, a 16 inch wheel will fit.  It won't fit with a tire on it, but it will fit.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.  mcneely

---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> *Sorry about the cross post* Not really, but it seems to be the obligatory
> thing to say when reaching out to two groups. I have never understood why.
>
> Anyway, I have a friend who is offering me 5 Mercedes 16 inch wheels for
> the taking. He got them for his Vanagon, which by the time he is done with
> it may be the finest redone vanagon in existence, seriously.
>
> But he is going with another set of forged wheels.Will 16 inch wheels fit,
> with the proper spacers, on my Vanagon? In the wheel wells? In the
> clamshell?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim

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David McNeely