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Date:         Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:09:51 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tires! that ol' tread,err, thread...
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Make that MTX's per other listees are available in 205...




>From: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
>
>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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