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Subject:Re: tire pressure for BFGs on Syncro Westy
From:Karl Wolz
Date:Thu, 13 Apr 2000 15:57:46 -0700

I use Lee Trailfinders @ 50/50.  If they drop to under 45, the van starts to
get squirrelly.

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael J. Sullivan" <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: tire pressure for BFGs on Syncro Westy

> 40 front, 48 rear.
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> Cheers,
> MJS
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> At 11:02 AM 4/13/00 -0700, BRENT CHRISTENSEN wrote:
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> I just installed some about two weeks ago.  I started with 40 psi, and
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> seems a bit low in the rear. (Tire is bulging and heating up a bit on the
> freeway)  I am going on a long trip this weekend (500 miles) and will try
> bumping the rears up to 45 psi to see what that feels like.
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> What does everyone else with the BFG 27's on their Westy run?
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> Michael J. Sullivan
> Marshfield Hills, MA
> Central America 2001 or bust!
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> '87 VW Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia "Sunny" (soon to be TDi-powered)
> '86 VW Syncro Doublecab "Claude"
> '96 VW Passat TDi "Teddi" (46mpg)
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