Those tires are not for a Vanagon.

Passenger tire, 93 rating for the sidewall.  Not safe.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jack R
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 3:54 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Tires and Wheels - The best laid plans of Mice and Men.....

Tires are good for about 10 years... give or take, depending on storage.

I'd opt for fresh tires.  My current 185/R14 D Yoko's are not very smooth on
the road, and 7 years old.

Tossup between going to the GW 16" or just replacing the 14" with the tires
below.

Anyone try these from the Tire Rack... after rebate, seems like a great
deal.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Michelin&tireModel=Defender
&partnum=07TR4DEF

Load rating should be enough, pressure good to 44 psi.

Jack R.
84 Westy

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
JRodgers
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 4:41 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Tires and Wheels - The best laid plans of Mice and Men.....

Well, I've been planning an upgrade to 15 or 16 inch wheels and tires for my
Carat restoration - but my main priority is getting the thing on the road -
not so much having the bigger wheels ad tires - but I was going to go for it
- in part because it's getting to be a hassle to get the 14 inch tires in my
area without having to ship them in, paying freight in addittion the tires,
and ultimately having to pay someone $20 or so to mount each one.

Well - yesterday I learned I could still get my fav tire - the General
Altimax RT 98C in a 205-70/R14. So, I opted to get one more set and wait
until the next round of tires to upgrade to a larger size. Given I'm
dropping a bundle to get the engine and tranny working, plus some other
stuff, I ordered the tires. I just picked them up. Installed, mounted and
balanced -total cost of a set of 5 (4 on the road and one spare) included -
taxes and all - $430.00. or $81/ea, I could not beat that with a stick
anywhere.

Hip! Hip! Huzzah!!   Dennis Haynes for putting me onto the General
Altimax in the first place!!

And one more thing about Dennis!

I have a Dennis Haynes receiver hitch on my '88 GL - and that thing makes
one heck of a fine jacking point for getting the rear end up off the ground
with one Jack.

Careful there Dennis - let;s not get the bighead over this.

But seriously  - it worked great for that purpose.

Happy Motoring Everyone,

John