Date:         Sat, 2 Sep 2000 14:30:00 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tires! that ol' tread,err, thread...
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185R14's are made: Agilis has them, 205's are per other listees available in
205, LTX are not available in 205. Your choices in Michelin are: 205/70/14
(MTX), 195/75/14 (LTX), 185R14 (Agilis 61) --- though I guess you could also
get MTX in 195/75/14 -- I'm just going by what I've read, and I haven't read
everything... These wheels will all fit the alloys unless you're getting 15
inch alloys...

>From: Jeffrey R <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
>
>All this talk of tires. I mean it's a bit confusing--I have no apologies.
>Go
>ahead and give me with your best shot.
>
>On my 2WD Westfalia I currently have the DPOs old Michelin 185R 14 on steel
>wheels which are the narrower steel factory wheels--is that 5 1/2" as
>opposed
>to 6" I believe. (I think a wider 6" steel wheel is available in steel and
>the alloys are 6" --is that right?) I need new tires all around. Will 205s
>fit on the stock 5 1/2" wheels. I want the 205s because I want to upgrade
>to
>the factory alloys eventually but the cost of the tires will tap me out for
>a
>bit--and I don't want to have to buy tires twice. Or will 195s fit on the
>alloys also?
>
>I currentlly have Michelin XZX 185 R 14 on the front and a slightly more
>agressive  michelin 185 R 14 94R on the rear. Where these ever the right
>tire
>for a Westfalia or are they passenger car tires?
>
>From what I gather from the most recent tire thread the Michelin Agilis 61
>or
>the Michelin MX are the tires of choice in the Michelin line. Although it
>doesn't seem the Agilis 61 is avaialble in the 205. Then there's the LTX?
>Am
>I right? And 185R 14s aren't made anymore.
>
>I mean this tire thing is a bit confusing.

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