If you end up with a 15" wheel, with the same circumfrence of a 14" wheel,
than what the heck is the point of having the 15" rim?  I assumed that the
reason for going 15" would be for bigger diameter wheels for lower RPM's at
speed.  Just wondering what the reasons are- higher strengthjrims?  Bigger
mags?

shawn z.

>The way to compensate is to figure out the equivalent Circumference of the 15
>inch tire. One equality would be a 215R60/15 tire. This works almost perfectly
>for a 195R78/14 tire. Another equivalent tire is a 205R65/15 tire. These are
>both within 2 0r 3% of original Circumference.
>
>I have a set of 15" Chromed Steel wheels off my Toyota PU with the same stud
>pattern as the vanagon. I know the offset is wrong, it is to the outside. What
>are the ramifications of using this wheel on my VW?
>
>tim
>
>
>"shawn a. zenor" <nomad@RT66.COM> wrote:
>> I too would be very interested as long as you have a way to compensate the
>> speedo for resultant inaccuracies...
>> >
>
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