I have 225/60R16's and one in the carrier I got from Volks Cafe. Check my
pics at the link below, then look for "spare tire carrier" link .... may be
in the "pictures" folder.

Bob Stevens

http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare

----Original Message Follows----
From: VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM>
Reply-To: VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 215's fitting in the spare tire compartment?
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:55:28 -0500

I know the tires I am running won't fit.  I too would like to know what
others are doing.
I have 14" and 205 or 215's.  I was planning on having a guy remove the
hinges to the carrier and extend them
a little or enough to get the tire to fit.

 >>> "Myers, Thomas A" <Thomas.Myers@USA.XEROX.COM> 7/14/2003 11:55:20
AM >>>
I was looking through the archives but did not get a clear answer on
this.

I am planning to fit the original factory alloys on my westy with
215/75/14's
soon and figured i should get a 5th for the spare. Are there issues
with
a larger tire fitting in the spare carrier?

i figured I'd ask first before getting a rude suprise.

Tom
90 westy

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