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Re: [T3] She's alive!!!!!! 66 Square Update


On 22 Oct 2001, at 23:27, Ginger D.&Peter P. wrote:

> I looked at the rims and I don't notice any special indentation inboard of
> the bead seat.  But I also checked an extra set of '96 VW alloys (6Jx14) and
> they don't have anything there either. 

The depression on the outside will ONLY be there on pressed steel wheels, 
because the steel is a constant wall thickness. On a cast wheel this never 
appears.

>     Speaking of the commute, I could barely hold the car in my lane
> crossing he Columbia  R. tonight.  Wind gusts to 40 mph!  This is not
> a T3 strong point, despite 20 psi front pressure, no slop in the sway
> bar and a 1/2 tank of gas.

You're right. They're not the best in big cross winds.



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Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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