In a message dated 98-08-14 01:50:07 EDT, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes:

> Factory 16" wheels (steel) are 5.5" wide with a 34mm offset.  With 225mm
>  wide tires there is lots of room (4cm) before hitting the trailing arm.

While perhaps true, I think this only adds confusion.  These "admittedly
factory" 16" wheels are very rare.  To my knowledge, no Vanagons
(transporters, etc.) were imported to North America with these wheels and even
in Germany VW vans are rare with these 16" wheels.

There were only two factory wheels supplied on Vanagons shipped to Canada &
USA.  These were 14" x 5.5" steel wheels and 14" x 6" alloy wheels.

Regards,
Jim Davis