15" Wide 5 steels on a 112PCD...Opinions please

[froggy]

My bus ('71 narrow 5 disc brakes)
I'm considering a set of 15" wide 5 steels that i have seen locally(?). The bloke is after £120 but could probably knock him down to a ton. The only issue is that i would then need 2 sets of adapter and the cheapest i have found these for are £60 a set so that £120(possibly also need nuts / bolts) and then they need tyres (£200?) and also hub caps so in all i'm probably looking at £500 for a 2nd hand set of 15" steels :shock:
Seems a bit excessive to me, what do you think?
Any other ways to get 15" steels? I currently run standard 14" steels with standard tyres (185/14 C) but prefer the way a 15" rim fills the arch rather than the 14" donut tyres i have :lol:

 

[mattp]

merc steels

 

[uber cool]

The price breakdown, seems ok, just dont add it up :roll: Go on ,you know you want to :evil:
You can always sell your old wheels?

Buy the 15" steels, then shop around for some 2nd hand adaptors, they come up on vzi from time to time.

 

[froggy]

Just had a look and the wheels are advertised as Beetle wheels.
Are they a different offset? Are beetle wheels different to van wheels?
As i will need adapters, porsche steels are an option but the only porsche steels i can found on ebay are spacesavers, are these safe to use everyday :?:

 

[young_dubya]

will mean they are only 4 1/2" wide. think they did do some splittys with 5" or 5 1/2" wide wheels, id go for the wider ones.

 

[mattp]

most bug side 5 steels are 4" so not suitable for a bus -you need 5 or 5.5j

Keep late bay stuff and get some 15" merc steels