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Subject:Re: Cool potential wheels for Vanagon
From:Scot Douglas
Date:Mon, 23 Mar 1998 06:58:47 -0500

Malcolm Holser wrote:
>
> See?  The chatter about the new Beetle has Vanagon connections, maybe.
>
> I, too, saw a new bright red Beetle today, shod in really nice alloy
> wheels.  A VW with five-lug-wheels again!  I don't know yet if they will
> fit, but they are 16" wheels, five lug bolts, and all bets are that VW
> used the same wheels as the EV -- which *do* fit.

I don't think they will fit; they are the same size as the Passat
(5x100mm).  The EV is 5x112mm.

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Scot Douglas
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Mitsubishi Motors R&D of America
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