Focus wheels on a CGT?

[Greg Galinsky]

Scott Fisher wrote:

> Alan Pritchard writes:
> 
> 
>>I was under the impression that the cgt had the
>>earlier bolt pattern, ie 4x104????
> 
> 
> CGTs through 1984 had 4 x 100, same as VWs.  I sold
> the rims from my '83 CGT to a friend, on whose Rabbit
> Cabriolet they are now mounted.  They look great, and
> he's very happy with them.  (Interestingly enough, I
> have the steering wheel from that same RabCab on my
> CGT, while the wheel from a Corrado does NOT fit
> either the Rabbit or CGT.)
> 
> The 4 x 108 bolt pattern is shared with Focus, Saab,
> and Alfa Romeo (115 series and earlier), as well as of
> all things the 4-bolt Ford Mustangs of the '80s and
> early '90s.  The Ford rims require a little machining
> to fit Alfas, though, so I really have no idea how
> well they'd fit 4x108 Audis.
> 
> --Scott Fisher
>   Tualatin, Oregon
> 
> 
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I'd be a little carefull because the Saab rims do not use the same 
coining; or taper in their lug bolts as does Audi.  The gripping force 
would be distributed unevenly

Greg Galinsky
G & G Service