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Subject:Re: last tire question (from me)(14x6 VW alu wheel)
From:Don Hanson
Date:Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:43:32 -0700

I have the Vredisteins on my 84. good ones

On Oct 11, 2017 5:34 PM, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> If you really want to stay with the truck tire approach consider this
> Vredestein. This tire rides well and has all season capability. It should
> also be a 50K mile tire. There are also a few 205/70-14XL (98 load index)
> tires available. These are becoming scarce again. These would be equal to
> the tires supplied by VW on the later Vanagons usually with the alloy
> wheels.
> When getting on line from some suppliers you need to check the production
> date as soon as they arrive. For the last pair of tires I purchased for my
> wife's Jetta the new one were older than the ones that were installed a
> year earlier! Some sellers sell off older stock and you need to be mindful
> with the specialty stuff.
> Dennis
>
>
> https://www.tiresbyweb.com/popup.aspx?src=/images/
> Product/large/Comtrac-All-Season.jpg
>
>
> https://www.tiresbyweb.com/p-12276-vredestein-comtrac-all-
> season-tires.aspx
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Karl Ploessl
> Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 7:54 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: last tire question (from me)(14x6 VW alu wheel)
>
> either a Michelin Agilis 195R14C or a Hankook RA18 185R14
>
> https://simpletire.com/hankook-185-r14-2001939-tires
> https://simpletire.com/michelin-195-r14c-14307-tires
>
> It is for an AC '81 Vanagon Westfalia.
>
> Karl.
>