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On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 18:28, Dave Hall wrote: > > [I should clarify the "silver painted" wheels. They were actually painted > black > > all over and then oversprayed silver ONLY in the area outside the hubcap > on the > > outside face of the wheel, with signs of overspray inside the outer edge > of the > > area covered by the hubcap.] > > > > It always looked like they saved a few pennies per day's production doing > that, but anyone who's had a newly painted wheel loosen up knows you don't > need paint under the wheel bolts. > VW found this out the hard way back in 1968 on the Type 1's when they went to 4 bolt wheels in the USA. If you ever see any lug bolts with a hole drilled through them, the hole was for safety wire to keep them from unscrewing. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org