The difference is the spare tire.  The alloy wheel spare is wider than the
steel.  So supposedly you need different hoses in the front to be able to
miss the wider spare.  I have this listed on my site.  However I have never
seen the alternate hoses on a Vanagon with alloy wheels in real life.  You
could go two ways.  One, just use a 14" steel as a spare (since you don't
have a syncro this is not a problem).  Or get the alloy spare and try to put
it up in the spare compartment (checking to see if it adversely effects
these two hoses).  If it does then get the new ones.  If not then you are
good to go.  Just FYI.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of matt sutton
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 11:48 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Coolant hose VS tire size?

Hi folks,
I'm researching a jump to 205/70 r14 from 185's. Both Bus Depot and Vanagain
list different (and more expensive) coolant hoses if the larger tires are
factory equiped. Is this a change I'll have to make if I go to the larger
tires?
-Matt Sutton
88GL