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Subject:Re: tires
From:Harmon Seaver
Date:Tue, 13 Aug 2002 09:53:44 -0500

Anyone know a source for the Yokohama Y356 tires? All the current Yokohama LT
tires are waaay too big for vanagons.

On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 09:41:56AM -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote:
>    Really, where are they? They aren't are www.tirerack.com or
> www.discounttire.com.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 11:29:40AM -0400, 80 Westy Pokey wrote:
> > Michelin Agilis 51 and Pirelli P6000 are both availaible in
> > 215/65-15 with "westy rated" LI. I have the Agilis and I love
> > them, I passed on the Pirellis because of price and because
> > they are listed as a summer tire only.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> >
> > ---- Original message ----
> > >Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 09:20:44 -0500
> > >From: Harmon Seaver <hseaver@CYBERSHAMANIX.COM>
> > >Subject: tires
> > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > >
> > >   Huh, I'm looking for tires -- I've got Yokohama Y370 on
> > my Mercedes 15" rims,
> > >205/70/15 on the front and 215/70/15 on the back, but the
> > back ones which were
> > >great on my '73 bus with an '81 2.0L gas engine in it are
> > just a tad too tall
> > >for my '82 diesel westy. Not bad, but I'm not getting
> > anymore top end than I
> > >was with the 185/70/14s that were on there, which indicates
> > to me that the
> > >engine just can't quite pull that diameter.
> > >   So anyway, I was looking for some 215/65/15s or
> > 205/70/15s -- but sure am not
> > >finding anything in LT tires or loadratings of 97.
> > >   Yokohama no longer makes the Y370, Michilen no longer, it
> > seems, makes the
> > >Agilis -- what is there?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >Harmon Seaver
> > >CyberShamanix
> > >http://www.cybershamanix.com
>
> --
> Harmon Seaver
> CyberShamanix
> http://www.cybershamanix.com

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