I can absolutely guarantee you that those Germans running 18" wheels ARE NOT
using tires with a LI of 89.  They would never get a gutachten from the TUV
(sort of like a vehicle inspection here in the States).

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Andrew Grebneff
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 3:44 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Wheel Offsets

>Wow, What an unsafe combination. Most tires in that size will have only
>an 86 or 89 load index rating. The 86 is only rated at 1279 pounds. Take
>off 10% and that leaves 1,151. You really need to get to a 96 or higher
>LI. Probably, the largest concern is what will happen if you hit a pot
>hole or something. There is not enough air cushion in that combination
>to handle any impacts.
>
>Dennis

Tell that to all the Germans running 18" wheels! THEY're not having
any problems.