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As a relevant aside, the BFG AT has a feature that few people are aware of and which BFG themselves rarely mention. Look at any BFG AT and you will see that the sidewall overhangs the edge of the rim substantially. The function of this is to help prevent rim pinch, which happend when hitting a big r...

BFG ceased manufacturing that tyre some time back, sadly.

They continue to make the 215-70-15, and I had a set of 15" wheels made so that I can continue to use them.

Les Harris
Australia

Sorry, didn't make it clear that I was talking ratios, not hardware. Albins in Australia will make any Volkswagen (or Porsche) C&P. They quoted me 74% of the Volkswagen price in Australia, but VW Australia have long been notorious for charging incomprehensible prices for all spares. The down sid...

Christoph, Glad to know that they are talking to someone because they certainly aren't talking to me. But then, I am only a serial owner of Valkswagen vehicles over then last fifty years. However, having had much contact with the corporate world - from the inside - I am aware of how far corporate th...

I have just picked up on a post from Aidan several weeks ago, in which he warns of diminishing supplies of gearbox parts. I will add that crownwheel/pinion sets and gear sets can be had from Albins. (For anyone not familiar with Albins, they make a large range of VW and Porsche gear sets for off-roa...

I have just got my Syncro running again after being off the road for three months. Most of this time was spent trying to locate parts that are NLA (No Longer Available) from VAG. I needed a new 5.43 crownwheel and pnion, now NLA from VAG. A search of the whole world yielded one set in Singapore and ...