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Subject:Re: Silly question about hub caps
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
Date:Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:02:22 EST

send link to pics or nobody knows what your talking about

In a message dated 2/28/11 10:57:27 AM Eastern Standard Time,
jluther@ALFONS-HAAR.US writes:

> I finally got the Vanagon home yesterday, my was driveway cleared of ice
> 3
> weeks after purchase.
>
> In the interim, I purchased some Vanagon hub caps off of Craigslist (small
> caps with the VW logo embossed in the center).  The girl was 100% clear
> they
> came off of a Vanagon, she owned one and these were taken off when she put
> something else on.
>
> When trying to install the caps on my front wheel as a test, there was no
> way they would fit.  The center grease cap assembly was too tall and the
> outer diameter of the cap seemed totally wrong to fit the boss on the
> wheel.
> I have the steel 14" wheels, (5 x 112 I assume) with the holes around the
> perimeter.
>
> The wheels on my van should be OEM, they came with a plastic wheel cover
> that is correct for my year of Vanagon according to the web.  I just
> prefer
> the little VW logo hub caps.
>
> I've seen photos of Vanagons with these VW logo hub caps before. Is there
> anything odd about the 1983 air cooled GL wheels or special about the
> Vanagon caps one year versus the others?  This no-fit situation doesn't
> make
> much sense.
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe
>

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