larry chase

roadhaus.com

Jeff,

Gotta run ... so will let others address your questions.

But if you want to see actual user reviews on many Vanagon Tires ... 

Go here:

http://roadhaus.com/tires.html

I hope this helps your decision process.

One note ... moving from a 14" to 15" tire with a stock 2.1L engine ... you need to 

be prepared for a 9%-10% decrease in low end performance.

Also ... you might notice ... on the tire page ... there really are quite a few 14" 

tire choices available.

larry chase

roadhaus.com

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 10:22:39 -0400

From: jeffg jeffg@MIKOEXOTICWEAR.COM>

Subject: new tires today!!!

Help

1989 Vanagon GL Westfalia

last night i had a big blowout on my left rear tire on the highway..pulled

over and after the smoke cleared and i dropped my spare i realized it is all

dried up, probably under the van since 1989.

so i need at least 2 tires to replace, i am running on 185/75/14 goodyear

somethings,

1) do i just replace the 2 tires

2) do i use this as an opportunity to upgrade to 15" and get all new rims

and tires.

$100 compared to ????

what is the benefit if any with changing to 15"