I just looked on my Michelin tires and they state a max load of 1709lbs
and a max pressure of 50psi.

I am assuming that the reinforced tires have a higher load rating.

Todd
'88 Westy

Kent Christensen wrote:

> re: "... brings up the question of why VW states that the
> 205/70x14 tires need to be reinforced, and the 185x14 do
> not."
>
> On my '81 door sticker says 184-14 need to be reinforced.
>
> BTW, my Michelin MX reinforced 185-14s are load index 94 and
> a brochure for a similar Michelin (Rainforce MX4) lists load
> index 90 for the same size in a nonreinforced tire (this is
> the Volvo 240 station wagon size).  Now, will someone point
> us to a link where these indices are explained--I think this
> could prove more useful than discussing C vs D.