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Re: trials and tribulations of putting non-stock bus wheels
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:28 am
by Amskeptic
Boxcar wrote:
Lured by the familiar porsche,audi,vw 5x112 b/c shopping gets quickly too.complicated for reward.
Stock steel with fresh snows are all I needs.
Meanwhile, those 15"steel M benz wheels do offer some tire choice in the 15"range.. time to shop before summer.//Eric in NJ
If you do get Mercedes wheels, I'd like to see them when I waft through. I am still interested in Plan B if 14" tires should go extinct.
Colin
Re: trials and tribulations of putting non-stock bus wheels on
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:31 am
by SlowLane
Another possible option: Van-Cafe sells
15" and
16" steel wheels which were available on South African Vanagons.
They
may fit a VW hubcap. They are also 7" wide, so maybe not the ideal width for a bus. Offset would be correct, though.
Re: trials and tribulations of putting non-stock bus wheels on
Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 12:32 pm
by tristessa
I hauled home a set of 15x6 Passat steelies from Pick & Pull in December to have on hand for Plan B if I need it or decide to go that way. ET45 so the offset is good, but they did require enlarging the center bore (2-3/4" holesaw did the job) and special small-ball lug nuts that cost more than the wheels did.
No provision for our style hubcaps at all..
Re: trials and tribulations of putting non-stock bus wheels on
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:29 pm
by Boxcar
Just about to pick up 5 MB Bundt wheels,for not an awful price.
Incentive to address psr spring plate re-indexing,and other susp. to do list toppers.