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 kombi_kid
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| posted on August 9th, 2003 at 05:10 PM |
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IS making wheel adaptors hard?
hey
my dad tries to scare me away from buying aftermarket wheels etc for my kombi but what i wont to know is it really hard to make them?
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| posted on August 9th, 2003 at 05:22 PM |
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No just illegal 
I "think" NSW regulations are that you cant run them.
You need to get new drums/rotors drilled/studded in the new pattern
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| posted on August 9th, 2003 at 06:22 PM |
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Why would you need wheel adaptors on a kombi? Dont they have the same stud patern as a merc? There are pleanty of wheels for a merc, aftermarket and
genuine.
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| posted on August 9th, 2003 at 11:00 PM |
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yeah and someone was telling me they are the same stud as ford??
don't think this is the case but dose someone know?
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| posted on August 10th, 2003 at 12:56 AM |
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I saw a guy at harding european swap meet and he mentioned that Ford falcon wheels fitted his kombie.
But I have all wide 5 patern on my vws so I dont know for sure.
Just measure the patern and go to a wheel shop and ask what will fit.
They will have all the info in a book.
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| posted on August 10th, 2003 at 05:14 AM |
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ford and kombi stud pattern are not the same but are very close. It is possible to them on but when you do up the nuts it actually bends the wheel
studs a little to suit the ford wheels. There is aways the posibility then for the wheel studs to brake after fatigue sets in. I may be wrong but I
think the difference comes from one being in metric and the other being imperial. |
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| posted on August 10th, 2003 at 07:07 AM |
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Your dead right Andy
I have ford hubs on my boxtrailer and I have Kombi wheels fitted, they go on but the pattern is slighty out, only by a few mill. I would not trust
it on a heavy Kombi.
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| posted on August 10th, 2003 at 07:17 AM |
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you can have ford wheels machined so they fit kombi's I'm sure brad said he paid about $20 a wheel to have them machined?
you can also get merc wheels that fit right onto your kombi rhys
proper alloys theres a guy at the brissie swap meets who ussually has e few sets
in 15" 16" and maybe 17" quite reasonably priced i thought too $400 to $700 per set depending on the size
marcel
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| posted on August 10th, 2003 at 07:26 PM |
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hey
i dont want steel wheels!!! ford is 115mm PCD and VW is 112mm PCD i think
you wouldnt happen to have his na,me marcel would you?
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| posted on August 10th, 2003 at 09:25 PM |
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I think its john sherman the engine and brake conversion guy that has them
Alex from klubvw toowoomba would know
as he was selling some for him
his e-mail is kimbest1@bigpond.com
marcel
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 posted on August 12th, 2003 at 11:43 PM |
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Hi Kombi Kid
Nice to meet You at Valla with the other guys- girls...
Yes, adaptors are illegal in NSW , they are sold and used in the UK, so whats the difference.. I DID see some used wide 5 bolt adaptors for sale at
Valla.. They used to be sold in South Australia in the 60s & 70s, not sure whether they are still legal over there. Any way it looks like You
are after a set of ALLOY wheels for Your early Kombi.... Cheers Rhys... I hope You enjoyed Your stay at Valla ...
Lee
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| posted on August 13th, 2003 at 12:13 AM |
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Rhys,
Kombi/Mecedes PCD=112mm, Ford PCD=114mm. As Marcel said you could use Ford mags (AU offset is about right) and get a machine shop to redrill the holes
offset 1mm inwards. I'm considering this option using 16" Ford AU mags on my '66 Baja Splitty with 205R16 Desert Duellers.
I take it you are fitting ball joint and discs on front and four joint 2lt box at back with the V6, another option at the back for the mad negative
camber look is to fit later Bay rear hubs and drums to 1500 Kombi reduction hubs.
Cheers,
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| posted on August 13th, 2003 at 08:08 AM |
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hey
i got a 2L box for the V6 at valla so need to change the bellhousing etc i have a rear disc brake kit here that i got a little while back dont know
whether to use it or not??
but i think i might just get some merc wheels saves all these hassels plus i have to get my car through an aengineering cert so wouldnt wont any
illegal stuff!
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| posted on August 13th, 2003 at 08:35 AM |
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What V6 are You going to use in the Kombi Rhys?
Sometimes there are Mercedes wheels cheap on ebay....
I was talking to John Sherman at Valla.
Its a shame You didn't talk to him about your adaptor plate while He was there...
Lee
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| posted on August 13th, 2003 at 04:33 PM |
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its a VN V6 yer i emailed john hoping to get a reply!
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