Are Military tires meaty enough?  I have installed Michelin XCL and XZL
tires on my Syncros in 6.50x16 format.  These are 10 ply tires and the XCL
even have steel sidewalls.  These make the vehicle handle FANTASTIC when
they are pumped to 60PSI or so.  Even when they are down to 30PSI for back
road use they are still decent.  15 PSI for off road there begins to be lots
of sideways play.  I also have 215/85R16 on my Syncro Westfalia - even with
this tall of a tire handling is pretty good.

In general, I think if you use LT tires and inflate them correctly and that
you don't go too wide you'll find that handling gets better.

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Adam B
Sent: November 24, 2003 10:23 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: chunky tires

Has anyone put meaty tires on their Vanagon? Do they make it handle poorly?