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Okay, So I saw a very nice set of five lug early, 5-lug stock wheels and hubcaps, with the black VW logo on the hubcaps, on ebay a couple of years ago. I was able to get them for about 80 bucks, with the idea of putting them on my '67 using some adapters. They sat around for the last two years, and finally I took them to a local shop, had them sandblasted and powder coated a nice ivory color (will go well with my black square) then had a new set of tires installed. After all this anticipation... the adapters won't let the wheels turn on the front, as they hit on the calipers. In the back, the adapters don't seat quite right into the groove of the drum. Now, both of these problems are probably not too difficult to solve, but I'm wondering what you all think how severely I'll compromise the integrity/balance of the whole wheel assembly by grinding down the adapters in the back and slipping in spacers (and longer bolts) in the front to separate the adapter/wheel from the caliper? My other option is to buy an early T3 (for my wife, of course) with the 5 lug wheels... anybody know what years they ran through? Anybody know of one for sale in California? Thanks, Eduardo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/