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• Re: Kumho Venture tires? Loud?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Sun, 9 Aug 2015 21:59:19 -0400
  I ran 225/60r16 and other larger sizes tires on my previous Westy with no ill effects. Panic braking was actually improved due to...
• Tires for Vanagons/Reinforced sidewalls/Winter tires
  Historical mailing list - Pavneet Arora
  Tue, 8 Oct 1996 12:01:00 -0400
  ...I just wasn't comfortable with putting tires on that weren't rated for the recommended tire pressure. Nokia makes a very reasonably priced...
• Re: Tire emergency in Oklahoma City
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 20 Nov 2017 15:56:30 -0800
  ...About 10K miles on the tire iirc. Different Discount shop from where I bought the tire. Replaced the tire, no mileage charge. they will...
• Re: Tires!
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 14 May 2007 10:18:57 -0700
  --- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > The rim size itself does not determine the outside diameter of the tire and > if you try hard...
• Re: Tire size questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 10 May 2010 12:16:42 -0500
  ...Here is the link http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Hankook&tireModel=Ventus+V12+evo+K110 But this is for the wife...
• Re: Tires (a bit long - some random info)
  Historical mailing list - Joel David Shortlidge
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 03:30:26 -0500
  ...If you go to http://powerdog.com/tiresize.cgi , you'll find a neat tire size calculator. You type tire sizes into a list...
• Re: Better handling in windy conditions?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:07:32 +1200
  > > This doesn't show the "unsafety" of the truck tires, it shows the >> "unsafety" of the mechanic who installed mismatched tires. Different > > tread patterns...
• Tire profiles and pressures
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:21:55 -0700
  I went through the tire/tyre thing a few years ago. Try this. Measure the loaded weight of your van front/rear. You will...
• Re: Friday question, Tires
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 26 Oct 2022 21:14:04 -0700
  A couple of winters back I got a set of alloy wheels and Michelin X-Ice winter tires for my Mazda CX5 from Tirerack...
• Re: 15" tire pressures?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 23:58:29 -0700
  ...15" tire pressures? > I'm running 44 PSI front and rear on my poptop Weekender with 205/60 = -15 > tires. > > On Tue, Jul 29...
• Re: New tires
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:29:23 -0600
  ...The stock tire with steel wheels was 185R14 D. The stock tire with alloy wheels was 20570R14 XL. The latter is "reinforced," the former...
• Re: 87 Vanagon Wolfsburg Tires
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:31:31 -0500
  >I wouldn't recommend ever putting light truck tires on a Vanagon that you >will be driving daily (unless its always fully loaded). The...
• Search for tires
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:29:49 -0500
  So, the other day, instead of searching tire sites for vanagon tires…I searched for cargo van tires. Lots more choices than I expected...
• Re: Canadian tires
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:21:33 -0500
  http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=Vanco Winter&vehicleSearch=false&partnum=8QR4VWC&fromCompare1=yes&place=0 -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: tire circumference
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:16:02 -0400
  Yes I always use the tire mfg data rather than a generic calculator. I learned this years ago when I was autocrossing a '77...
• Re: Need Tires Quick
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Estevez
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:06:34 -0500
  ...I found these Yokohama's at Tire Rack (Avid S/T) http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp?make=Yokohama&model=Avid+S%2FT...
• another tire ?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Fedor
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 23:45:45 EDT
  I have a Bridgestone Light truck tire on the front with a load rating of 1500lbs. On the rear I have a Cooper lower...
• Re: Tires again: Are there any 205/70R14 LT tires on the market?
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:53:57 -0700
  What exactly is "reinforced wall" ? Vredestein has 3 tires suitable for Vanagon with better load rating then Michelin- Transport snow, transport steel and comstock...
• Re: Interesting Tire Info
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:56:14 -0700
  ...I have no trouble believing it to be a good tire but you can hardly blame people for considering it a "trailer tire" when...
• Re: T3 (Vanagon) tires
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:53:30 -0400
  ...If you buy 4, you get a road emeergency kit for free - very useful for a bus pilot! http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec...
• Re: Tires
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 25 May 2013 21:06:34 -0500
  ...No one requires that he turn in a tire to buy a tire. No one comes around to collect the tire from him when...
• Re: maximum tire load question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:24:55 -0500
  ...In > > reviewing load data for several different tires, I see two different values > > given for the same tire. The maximum load may be given...
• Re: Interesting Tire Info
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:58:11 -0500
  Mark, what I can blame people for is not paying attention to legitimate information that describes the tire and its uses, including Kumho web...
• Re: 14" tires, report...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 4 Nov 2016 22:22:37 +0000
  https://www.tires-easy.com/195-14/vredestein-tires/comtrac-all-season/tirecode/8714692230578 Here is a source for that tire at a fairly...
• Re: New tires
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:30:55 -0500
  ...New tires > > The stock tire with steel wheels was 185R14 D. The stock tire with alloy wheels was 20570R14 XL. The latter is "reinforced...
• Re: [WetWesties] interesting tire safety video
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:15:08 -0600
  Long ago a friend who owned a tire shop gave me the same advice. New tires always go in the rear. Regardless of whether...
• Re: Tires - Why oh why NOT?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:50:02 -0400
  This is the only compelling argument I've read so far against using M-B sufficient tires on the Vanagon. Good job. 2009/3...
• Re: 16" tires
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 20:58:40 -0800
  ...the FACTORY tires on my Dad's 1991 Ford F-150 4x4 are Firestone P235-75 15" - they are passanger tires and not light...
• Re: tire and wheel width matching
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 21 May 2004 08:37:28 -0500
  > i have a question about fitting tires to wheels. wheels seem to be > specified based on a diameter and width, both in inches. matching...
• Re: costco 15" tires
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:17:13 -0700
  > I'm about to possibly deal with Costco for tires for my VW Fox. (they're > having a $60 off on purchase of 4...
• Re: 215/60/14 tires
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 3 Dec 2020 08:56:44 -0800
  Also look at this tire chart comparison https://tiresize.com/comparison/ 27x8.5R14 - wall height 6.5" 215/70/14 - wall height 5.9...
• Re: Michelin X-RadialPlus -- Comments please??
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 08:39:46 -0700
  ...When I was tracking down my Continental tires (I still like them a lot), I noticed that they were in the extensive Tire Rack...
• Re: South African Vanagon Tires
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:18:01 -0700
  ...I bought tires from Americas tire company http://www.tires.com/ Michilin Ajelis 205/65-15 with a load rating of 1875 lbs. $456...
• Tire question
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 15:55:41 EDT
  My '88 Westfalia has Continental Contact 185 R 14 tires, which were put on about a year or so ago by the previous owner...
• Bridgestone Ecopia 422+XL- 205/65/15
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:36:24 -0400
  Has anyone used this tire on a later model Westphalia? I was looking at the load rating (99). I can get a decent deal...
• All those with 205 tires...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 20:12:25 -0700
  To all you with 205 tires: are they mounted on the alloy wheels or the steel wheels? I've got the steel wheels, and...
• Re: Vanagon Tires
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 24 Oct 2004 08:22:56 -0600
  ...The revs/mile differ by only 1! http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp?make=Yokohama&model=Y356 Note that this is a "summer...
• Re: Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:50:40 -0700
  Ah, tire threads. So much fun... I go through more Vanagons in a year that most will in a lifetime, and every one that...
• Re: interesting tire safety video
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:44:28 +0000
  http://www.roadhaus.com/tires/load.html 200 to 250 lb difference isn't quite "since all the weight is on the rear tires...
• Re: New tires
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:39:17 -0500
  ---- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > So far as a good reasonable tire goes for 95% travel on paved roads, > Dennis Haynes recommended the...
• Re: TIRES
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:56:32 -0700
  ...Availability of Nokian Tires Two problems with Nokian right now. There are some Nokian tires still shown on their website, like the CS or...
• Re: Another Tire Question - Continental Vanco 8
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 15:49:17 -0700
  Jeff, it sounds like Bridgestone has a new tire for the vanagon the dueler. They did not have one in 14s when I was...
• Re: Interesting Tire Info
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:03:10 -0500
  ...mcneely ---- mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote: > It is not just TireRack saying they are for trailer use. The Discount > Tire website now says...
• Re: sucks in snow!
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sat, 3 Dec 2005 09:42:05 -0600
  ...These tires are much better on any surface. Nokian also makes 14" and 15" tires that are rated as winter tires. Nokian tires can...
• Re: Radial tire size for '70 Bus?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 21:28:28 -0500
  In a message dated 96-03-30 11:48:55 EST, Vdubdude@aol.com writes: > >The correct metric tire size for your bus is...
• Re: 15" Wheel/Tire Report - Caution
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:51:58 -0600
  ...15" Wheel/Tire Report > >Hello Gang! > >I pulled the trigger and purchased the 15" alloy wheel/tire set from >GoWesty.com -- after about 50...
• Re: Tire pressure question 2
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 08:43:10 -0700
  True, but in that case the vehicle sticker had pressures listed that were way below the tire max. What Larry Chase was warning against...
• Re: Nytrogen and tires
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 19 Oct 2015 21:35:46 -0500
  ...Dan, when the AIR in the tires is hot, it expands, increasing the pressure inside the tire. You should check the pressure when the...
• Spare tire storage and protection
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 6 Apr 2021 14:08:01 -0400
  Hi folks, So does anyone out there know of any good vinyl or other weather proof spare tire covers? I’ve seen them over...
• Liability for installing incorrect tires
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 18:39:11 -0700
  My blown tire may have been a blessing in disguise. Although Winston Tires has said they will replace the inappropriate tires they installed with...
• Re: Tire Rotation
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 1 Jun 2006 17:14:35 +0200
  Mike, My tires always rotate, and all of them in the same direction. For an answer to your question: http://www.michelinman.com/care...
• Re: Tire Question (not the dreaded tire thread at all)
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:52:05 -0400
  Online tire retailers have have specs such as tire circumference and rev-per-mile specs. Hankook RA08, which I'm assuming you had previously...
• Re: Vredestein Comtrac Winter tire
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:27:32 -0500
  ...I guess the winter tire production and >>>> then allocation to the US occurs late summer and when these tires are >> gone >>>> that is it...
• Re: Nytrogen and tires
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sat, 17 Oct 2015 20:19:36 -0700
  Eric, I have experience with nitrogen filled tires on aircraft and can tell you that it certainly doesn't negate pressure changes with temperature...
• Re: Michelin 205/70 14 Tire Needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:18:37 -0800
  ...Michelin 205/70 14 Tire Needed You didn't say which model Michelin tire. Agilis, MXT, etc. On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11...
• Re: Tires & Rims in (Western) Canada - Calgary General Altimax
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:56:01 -0400
  ...My warranty from my favorite little tire shop > is full tire replacement, no questions asked. But then, I do buy a lot > of tires...
• Re: Recommended tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 08:12:16 -0800
  Never exceed the max pressure stated on the tire. I would fill all four to max pressure, and then if the van feels too...
• Re: Changing rotation direction of tires?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 10:20:15 -0500
  I would check with your particular tire manufacturer. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: David-M <dmc@CYBURBAN.COM> To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM...
• Mysterious tire noise.. problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Kun Chang
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 23:49:11 EST
  ...I replace the front tire first and took a short drive every tire change. It was the driver side front tire after I replace...
• Syncro 16 wheels & tires situation
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:28:44 -0700
  Sorry about another tire thread, but this MAY be a bit different. I have read Derek Drew's excellent article re syncro wheels and...