JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 12/14/99 9:36:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> joel_cort@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
> << There was an ad last Sunday for a set of 16"
>  steel wheels with snow tires off a
>  Mistu 3000GT for $250 and I was just wondering if
>  that was a do-able option
>   >>
>
> same bolt pattern as vanagon.  you need to find out the offset, and the width
> of the wheel to see if it can work. maybe the steels arent as wide, i dont
> know.    i tried mitsubishi 3000 GT alloys on the vanagon, and the alloys
> were ~way~ too wide.  but the bolt pattern was the same..

The bolt pattern is NOT the same! The diameter of the Vanagon bolt circle is 112
mms, while the Mitsu has 4,5" or 114,6 mms! That is NOT the same, and I would not
use these, as each bolt hole will be 1 mm off.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i