Date:         Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:36:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Tim Marciniak <tmarciniak@WI.RR.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tim Marciniak <tmarciniak@WI.RR.COM>
Subject:      Having lots of trouble finding tires-an update.
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After spending a good part of the morning calling tire dealers in the
Milwaukee area I cannot find a reinforced sidewall tire for my
vanagon in the 205R14 size.  Michelin customer service called me back
and said Michelin has ceased production of the Michelin MXT and the
Agilis.  He did not know if they have any intention of supplying
these tires again.  In the end he said Michelin has no tire that
would be appropriate for the vanagon.  The MXV4 is not a good tire
for the vanagon per this Michelin rep even though Michelin and some
of the internet tire suppliers list it as OEM.

Yokohama's are still available but only in a size smaller than
205--either 185 or 195.  These tires have a reinforced sidewall as
have already been mentioned on vanagon.com.

Does anyone know if the 185 or 195 tire size will fit properly on the
Vanagon aluminum alloy rims?
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