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youthy giblets
Vanorak Joined: 29 Jul 11 Location: Darlington Status: Offline Points: 2117 |
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Posted: 03 Sep 13 at 12:46 |
Can anyone suggest a good donor to get a set of merc steels off that are a direct fit for T3? Looking for either 15 or 16's as winter wheels
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booted
Vanorak Joined: 13 May 07 Location: Luton Status: Offline Points: 2671 |
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I got mine from german ebay. Dont know the exact model but i searched for mercedes steel wheels found some pretty quick
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youthy giblets
Vanorak Joined: 29 Jul 11 Location: Darlington Status: Offline Points: 2117 |
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What size, what offset and do you need spacers etc? Cheers Jon
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booted
Vanorak Joined: 13 May 07 Location: Luton Status: Offline Points: 2671 |
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Mine are 8x16 et35 need spacers on the front to get clearance between tyre and wishbone .
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Allanw
Vanorak SYCOPHANTIC TRAINEE WELSHMAN Joined: 21 Mar 10 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 1211 |
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Merc C Class 7x16 ET31, part number 203 400 1602. they give the correct scrub radius etc, and the offset works out to be just 1mm off the ideal for the width (compared to factory alloys). They actually made my steering lighter than the 14's.
I am going to have the centres pushed out on the rear, lowering the offset, just to get them out closer to the lip (especially after I add the rear flares). You could use longer studs and spacers, if you wanted, but they work perfectly as is. I brought mine new, but you should be able to find them at breakers over there/Europe etc. Centre caps came from Van Cafe in the US and I fitted VW stickers. You can also use 6" X 15" Mercedes rims, part no 203 400 0002 with ET31 |
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Allan :-)
'84 T3 Kombi, EJ25 DOHC, apprentice Viking... Duct Tape can't fix stupid, but it can MUFFLE the sound. |
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youthy giblets
Vanorak Joined: 29 Jul 11 Location: Darlington Status: Offline Points: 2117 |
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Thanks guys. Il have a look round my local breakers they always seem to have plenty of mercs in.
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AdrianC
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The part number'll be stamped into them - the first three digits give the model number. I thought most Merc rims had M12 holes, and they needed to be drilled to M14 for our vans? |
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Adrian & Ellie
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Allanw
Vanorak SYCOPHANTIC TRAINEE WELSHMAN Joined: 21 Mar 10 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 1211 |
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SOme are, but lots are 14mm too. The 16's I gave the details for above are 14mm - all I did was paint them and fit them... although NOTE: you will need RADIUS seat bolts / nuts - the VW tapered ones don't seat correctly in the Merc wheels - they look ok, but don't have the surface area. Brickwerks have the right ones. Edited by Allanw - 05 Sep 13 at 01:01 |
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Allan :-)
'84 T3 Kombi, EJ25 DOHC, apprentice Viking... Duct Tape can't fix stupid, but it can MUFFLE the sound. |
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booted
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Yep mine are m14
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orcecaveman
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Part number 1244001002, 7J x 15 H2 ET46 They have a sticker on them with a picture of an estate with T – Model printed
underneath. These are higher rated than the saloon car rims.
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T3ADICT
Vanorak Joined: 21 Jul 05 Location: LeightonBuzzard Status: Offline Points: 4215 |
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the easy (but not as easy to find) ones are
7x16 et 31 part number A203 400 1602 has to be the best one for me.
they fit great and no spacers.
but not that easy to find cheap.
7x15 et twenty five. part number A1264002802..
i have two sets of each...
also got some other 6.5x15 and 7x15(et37) merc steels i would consider parting with these.. the 16´s have my summer and my winter snow tyres on them so they are not for sale but i "may" think about parting with a set of the 7x15 et twenty five.. rims as i should not be too greedy...lol.. Edited by T3ADICT - 05 Sep 13 at 16:35 |
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WHY T3's.... because they are just so adictive, and having one just aint enough
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bobby-gg
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just for interest I've gone from a set of 6.5x15 et31 with 235/75 15 offroadstyle tyres, to 7x15 et37 with road pattern 205/65 15 and the steering is alot heavier, I'm going to swap the rims back over to the et31 to hopefully lighting the steering back up!
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AdrianC
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That'll be down to the tyre pattern - the chunkies have a lot less rubber in contact with the road. |
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Adrian & Ellie
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easy-does-it
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Shame your so far away, Ive got 4 ,16" steels off a vito ( went straight onto my bay) £40
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.76 Baywindow ..was EJ20T , now going superfly Tdi
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gusbang
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You selling them? |
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T3 Doka 2.1MV
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easy-does-it
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Yes mate, didn't look right. i wanted bigger rolling radius on the back, but being a lowered bus the cost of super low profiles for the front (and possible tubbing of the arches) out weighed the scheme of it..
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.76 Baywindow ..was EJ20T , now going superfly Tdi
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gusbang
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Message sent.
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T3 Doka 2.1MV
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SuperGalen
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Mine are 8x16 et35 need spacers on the front to get clearance between tyre and wishbone .
Edited by booted - 04 Sep 13 at 08:16 _________________________________ |
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