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John LaVoy · 08-02-2011, 10:21 AM

I worked very hard to find the original side mounts pictured on the phaeton. As far as positive yes it looks nice, the negatives are limitation to access to the engine, of course you can take the wheels off to do the work, the other negative I've had is access to the driving compartment. The roadster/phaeton doors are small and with the wheel well finders the spare tire limits the amount of opening the door can do and requires some thinking as to how to go about getting behind the wheel.

But if you like it go for it, I've driven that phaeton thousands of miles and have always been able to get in and out. But for my travel sedan I did not use side mounts just to let you know.

08-02-2011, 10:21 AM	#2
John LaVoy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rocklin, CA Posts: 1,219	Re: Question about sidemounted wheels I worked very hard to find the original side mounts pictured on the phaeton. As far as positive yes it looks nice, the negatives are limitation to access to the engine, of course you can take the wheels off to do the work, the other negative I've had is access to the driving compartment. The roadster/phaeton doors are small and with the wheel well finders the spare tire limits the amount of opening the door can do and requires some thinking as to how to go about getting behind the wheel. But if you like it go for it, I've driven that phaeton thousands of miles and have always been able to get in and out. But for my travel sedan I did not use side mounts just to let you know.