Just a thought, are those 205 tires suitable for the Vanagon? There are
limited choices with the XL rating. 

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Stuart MacMillan
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 1:56 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Spare won't fit

Son�s �86 Westy came with steel wheels with 185 tires, and we picked up a
set of 5 Carat wheels with 205 tires and the spare is too wide to fit.  Is
there some modification I need to make?  The door tire pressure sticker
shows both 185 and 205 tires, but it looks like the rods that hold the spare
are too low.

 

Any ideas other than using the steel wheel spare or do I need to lower the
clamshell or get Van Caf�s bigger bracket?

 

Thanks!

 

Stuart