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<x-charset iso-8859-1>That taper is absolutely necessary to center the wheel on the studs and to keep the wheel from chocking around on the lug stud/bolt. ALL wheels have tapored mount holes. I believe the angle is a standard in the industry but dont quote me on that... Keith > > I was doing some more smoothing on my Volksmags today, and > took a closer look at the lug areas. I was prepared to buy lug studs > and nuts with flat faces, but I noticed that there actually is a > taper around the edge of every lug hole in all of my wheels, a lot > like the taper in the stock steel wheel lug holes. > > Could it be that these wheels had flat-faced holes and > somebody ran them a lot with stock lug bolts? Or, maybe, since they > were available at VW dealers, they were made like this on purpose so > that they could use the stock mounting hardware? Anybody know? > (Todd?) > > -Greg > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ > ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>