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Re: [T3] Question on wheel trim rings


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



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