At 02:51 6/11/98 EDT, Modl6971@aol.com wrote:
>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.

My spare tire (225-60-16) fits and there is 0.25" to .375" on eather side
of the frame rails.  The bolt that holds the tire up there is modified a
bit... if you are interested I can zip out and take a picture of it an
pmail it to you (~12K).

My plan is to go for a 205-80-16 Perelli Scorpion setup.  The stock 16"
wheels are only 5.5" wide so this gets to be a problem with the wider
wheels.  Besides skinny tires are better in the snow.

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