In a message dated 98-06-10 22:04:59 EDT, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes:

<< The 235R15s will just fit.  They are a little over 29" tall and if you do
 some off roading you will have a potential rubbing problem at the front
 when the spring is fully compressed.  I currenently run 27" tires on my
 Syncro and they are great.  I am going to go to 28.5 - 29.0 very soon.
 After that I will have to play with the suspension.  For crawling though
 mud n creaks in stuff nothing beats the larger tires.  With 27" tires
 expect 10.5" to be your lowest point if your suspension is setup simular to
 a syncro.

 There were stock 15" alloy wheels for the Vanagons they are quite rare
 though.

  >>
Hi, I'm going to eventually use the same tire set up as you are, but the only
thing that bothers me is what to do with the spare tire. How the heck are we
going to fit a big spare tire set up like this. I'm planning on installing
either 235 or 225-70-16's on my syncro. Currently I'm running, 215-65-16.
What do you think?
 Michael Modl. 87 syncro.