Why not? That is the size tire VW even supplied on the Syncro Westies. I did
leave on scattered and chunked on I-95 in Florida though. The did have well
over 50K on the set though. Ran 215/70-14 Bridgestone Turanza HP's after
that. 70K miles later including the Alaska trip I changed to 16". 215/65-16.

Dennis

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Sent: Monday, January 7, 2013 12:53 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 14" Alloy and 195R14

On the alloys on my '88 Tintop GL I'm running a General Altimax RT
205/70-14. It's a heavy duty passenger car tire. On the tintop that works
fine - but wouldn't recommend it for Westy's.

John

On 1/7/2013 9:11 AM, Harold Teer wrote:
> Is anyone using the Carat alloy with 195R14 tires and if so, what is
> your experience with them?
>
> I presently have the Hankook RA08 185R14 mounted on the alloys and am
> either going to replace with the same tire in the same size or the
> same tire in 195R14 and am looking for real life experience pros and cons.
>
> Every tire I have had on the van to this point has had an OD of 25.6
> but the 195R14 would increase that to 26.3.  I do realize the larger
> OD changes the accuracy of the speedometer but that does not bother me.
Also
> the Tread Width would increase from 5.1 to 5.5    One advantage I see for
> the 195R14 is that the Tread Depth increases to 12.5 from 11.5.
>
> We have a Westy with the original 2.1 engine and use the van for long
trips.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Harold
>
> --
> Harold Teer
> 1991 Westy
> Harrisonburg, VA
>