In a message dated 98-03-26 12:13:58 EST, sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM writes:

<< If the wheels are the "same distance" as you claim, then why does everyone
else
 claim that you need spacers to make it "stock"? Seems like your solution is a
 Rube Goldberg contraption -- not for my Vangagon, thanx! >>

how am i wrong "sir"???

there are a few ways to do it so you dont NEED spacers at all, but spacers on
the fronts are not NEEDED to make it stock, just clear a suspension component.
on mine i run the special edition Fuchs Turbo Quattro wheels, and they have a
rounded inner lip, different from the 6 spoke turbo wheels.  w/ grinding a
small edge off the suspension component that comes closest to the wheel (cant
think of the name at the moment) the component is heavy cast metal, and doing
this doesnt alter integrity. therefore i dont have to run spacers at all.
but even if i did, the spacer needed would be so THIN that it has no effect at
all on tracking. (did this on my last set of audi wheels) we're talkin about a
spacer a hair over 1/8 inch here...that AINT going to throw anything off..

god...if everyone was this ANAL about our Vans, we'd never drive them...
so, why dont you just go buy a set of new Projectzwo wheels from germany, blow
$1500 or whatever they cost and stop complaining about something that you're
not going to do on your van anyway???

chris  (rant mode redlining  ;<)