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Subject:Re: understanding tire sizes
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:39:31 -0700

the cover letter is dated 2002.

road tests and specs for the SA vanagon are around if you care to search.

alistair

On 2011-07-18, at 6:19 AM, David Vickery wrote:

> That document doesn't look updated in any way to 2002.  Or maybe I missed it.
> 
> I'd be curious what tires (and specs) VW of SA put on their vans after they went to 15" wheels.  More of a modern size no doubt.  My personal opionion, the 185 tire is a dinosaur.  We're lucky they still make something that fits the vanagon, but I don't think it is nearly wide enough.
> 
> --- On Sun, 7/17/11, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
>> From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
> 
>> if you want to know what VW
>> recommends (as of 2002) for tire sizes for stock wheels for
>> 2wd, 14" syncro, and 16" syncro, I've posted a german pdf
>> doc on my blog.
>> 
>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/vanagon-stock-wheel-and-tires/