

| Subject: | Re: 1986 Westfalia with 16" tires |
| From: | Alain Thibault |
| Date: | Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:08:46 -0700 |
They come with the Mercedes replica wheels... Sent from my iPhone > On 2013-09-28, at 16:20, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > > That size tire is only slightly taller-wider than stock. Should not be an > issue at all if the wheel offset is acceptable. You do need to be aware of > the load capacity. There are very few tires in this size with the XL rating. > A standard tire in this size has a load index of only 95, (1,521 lbs.). > After de-rating for light truck this is a marginal fitment. The XL rating in > this size gets you to a 99 load index, (1,709 lbs.). Hopefully when they > installed the lower springs they also changed the bump stops at the top of > the shocks. If not you may not have sufficient suspension travel for rough > roads. Maintaining caster and camber alignment sometimes becomes an issue. > Next tire change consider the 225/60-16. That slight change ups the load > rating considerably and gets you onto a common tire size including a lot of > XL offerings. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Alain Thibault > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 6:54 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: 1986 Westfalia with 16" tires > > Allo > The van that I am looking to buy ( (1986 Vanagon westy) comes with 215-60-16 > tires. Looks pretty cool... The van has been lowered with shorter springs > from Van Cafe and adjustable Koni shocks were installed. The owner says that > with the combination of shorter springs and Koni shocks the highway handling > has improved dramatically and keeping up with traffic through the corners is > no problem and brake dive is almost nonexistent. I am wondering however if > there would be any rubbing issues with such a setting...he says no but I > have doubts as I have never seen 16" tires on a Vanagon...what would you > guys say? > Thanks > Alain > > Sent from my iPad 2
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