In a message dated 99-06-26 01:37:05 EDT, wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET writes:

<< I am not at all an expert on such things, but I have been told by a couple
 normally reliable sources that if you machine out the center of a steel
 wheel to the extent that you remove the curled-out lip of metal, you will
 reduce the integrity of the wheel, and with side stresses the wheel will
 tend to "oil can" a bit and will eventually fail.  I don't have any idea
 what the time frame is, but this has been a concern for me and the reason I
 didn't buy some passat (I think) wheels a while back.
  >>

i've never had or heard of a problem with it. the lugs bear the weight, not
the hole in the middle.   remember the old '70 down bus, and '67 down bug
wheels?   there was an awfully big "hole" in the middle of them, too.

 plus the audi turbo wheels are alloy, thicker.

chris