Todd, the site you recommended is for a tire dealer in South Africa. In the
course of this discussion I have noticed that several manufacturers sell
205/70 R14 or 195/75 R14 tires (nearly same circumference) with reinforced
sidewalls overseas, but don't sell them in the U.S. Are you aware of any
dealers that carry the XCAs in the U-S-of-A?

Chris

p.s. So far, the only tires I have found from major dealers like tires.com
or NTB or tirerack that are bigger than the 185s the mfrs seem to want us
to settle for AND meet the load ratings specified for the Vanagon/Westfalia
AND have reinforced sidewalls are the Yokohama Y356 195/75-14, and I think
they are closeouts.

On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 23:21:51 -0700, Todd Last <Rubatoguy@MINDSPRING.COM>
wrote:

>See: http://www.twt.to/Products/tyres/michelin_main.asp#
>
>For some reason  they are not well publisized in the main Michelin web
page.
>
>Todd
>
>Harmon Seaver wrote:
>
>>   They are "XCA"? I can't find any reference to that on the Michelin
site.
>>
>>
>>
>>On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 04:21:45PM -0700, Todd Last wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Michelin XCA 205/75R14
>>>Load range D
>>>Load rating 107/109P
>>>
>>>See at: http://rubatoguy.home.mindspring.com/xca.html
>>>
>>>Had mine ordered from America's tire company. Tire Rack also has them,
>>>but you have to inquire as they are not listed on their web page.
>>>If you ask about these at your local tire dealer, please note they are
>>>listed under Michelin's commercial truck tire lines, not Light Truck or
>>>Passenger car tire lines.
>>>
>>>Todd
>>>
>>>
>>>Chris Earl wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>To put the question from a recent post another way: My 87 Westfalia has
>>>>Michelin 205/70R14 tires on 14 inch alloy wheels. Searches on the
various
>>>>tire sites shows a few in this size but all appear to be auto tires, not
>>>>light truck tires with reinforced sidewalls. Does anyone know of
available
>>>>brands? Retail sources?
>>>>
>>>>Chris
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>--
>>Harmon Seaver
>>CyberShamanix
>>http://www.cybershamanix.com
>>
>>
>>