The answer is yes as far as I can tell, the front wheel on my Syncro does
fit tightly around the hub just like the Rabbits and Audis that I own.  I
have a set of spare 15" steel Audi wheels that I am pondering about getting
the hubs drilled out.  There is a lip on the Audi wheel that has to be
removed.  Once this lip is gone it will look and fit exactly like the
Vanagon wheel does.  Machine shop here charges $10 per wheel for the lathe
work.

At 23:24 8/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>wheels had a vast opening in the center.    sorry for being long
>>winded but the only danger in machining the wheel center is in
>>compromising the wheel's structural integrity.
>
>
>But I'm going to throw something in on Jim's comments so people don't go
>apples and oranges, I fully agree with his comments relative to any rear
>wheel drive t1, t2, t3, t4 or vanagon, but this DOES NOT hold true for ANY
>FWD car.  FWD vw's and all front drive cars should have hub concentric
>alloys (or inserts therein) or wheels in general for proper balance and to
>avoid eating front wheel bearings (sort of delicate things despite their
>size because they have a rotating shaft though them instead of a static
>spindle) and for generaly smooth running when you are also trying to apply
>the power though the potentially turned wheels.  This gets more important
>the heavier the wheel and the larger the diameter with more of the mass at a
>greater radius from the hub.  This also raises a real interesting question
>IMHO.  My old quantum syncro and any Audi quattro and I assume mom's (ugh)
>Subaru has hub concentri wheels all round, but what of the syncro van???
>Particularly with steel wheels which as Jim mentions are no where near
>hubcentric on a regular vans hubs.  Do the front hubs on a syncro force
>concentricity with steel wheels or is it maintained by the lug bolts as on a
>standard van.  Truly bored minds want to know.
>
>John
>janderson@iolinc.net
>
>

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