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Subject:Re: Reinforced Tires?
From:John Rodgers
Date:Tue, 6 May 2003 18:41:46 -0600

A good 14 inch tire for your Westy would be the Michelin XCA 205/75/R14
 - 8 ply Reinforced sidewall, Load Range "D". You will never go wrong
with this tire. It has everything for the weight of the Westy,

I have them on my 88 V-gon GL

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Ed Bass wrote:

>My 87 Westy (Love Wagon II) has P20570R14 tires and I understand that the
>original tires were P18570R14.  I suppose the only problem with that is
>that it means that the speedometer is reading too low.  Now that I need new
>tires I am considering returning to OEM size but I want to follow the
>advice of the collective intelligence in making the choice.  Some recommend
>reinforced sidewall tires...my local tire shop doesn't stock these and they
>are about twice the price of basic tires.  If my Westy is used only for
>occasional camping, driving stability is fine (huge improvement compared to
>the 78 vintage Love Wagon I) and almost never off road do I really need
>reinforced tires?
>Ed
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