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Hello- > Has anyone had experience with these? Good or bad? The options available for the 5 lug wheels are a lot > better looking IMHO. Before I spend the $100 on adapters I figured I should see if they are crap. I dont > want my wheels to fly off when Im driving 60 on the interstate. Then definately steer clear... the wheel adapters are quite an unsafe idea. Your disc/drum/hub/whatever now bolts to a (relatively cheap & weak) adapter, which bolts to your wheel. The adapter isn't designed to resist flex/stress/etc. and whatnot as your disc/drum/hub/whatever. There have been many problems because of this! (note: don't confuse this with wheel spacers... they are just fine since they don't change the bolt pattern, but then again that doesn't get you different rims :-) A couple alternative suggestions: 1) Look at Porsche 914 alloys. There are three dealer-equipped kinds: Mahle (cast mag.), Fuch (forged Al., "2.0 alloys"), and Pedrini (cast Al. IIRC). These can look nice. And, there are several aftermarket kinds. 2) Get your disc/drum/hub/whatever(s) redrilled for the Porsche 5-lug pattern. The VW 4-lug and Porsche 5-lug have the _same_ bolt circle (130mm) and the same thread size (M14x1.5), so this procedure is common and 100% safe. Then all the Porsche options are open to you. Note that the VW 5-lug bolt circle is 205mm... Take care, Shad Laws LN Engineering - Aircooled Precision Performance http://www.LNengineering.com ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/