Date:         Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:22:44 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Tires one more time-185 to 195???
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Yes, many people have used these LT Costco house branded tires on
Vanagons and liked them. Load Range C, 2 sidewall plies, 50 psi max.
Hard to beat for the price as Costco includes mounting and balancing in
the item price. Not everyone has access to Costco though. The Michelin
LTX (Sears XC LT4) is a slightly better tire IMHO but at a higher price.

the correct size is LT195/75/14 Load C

Slightly smaller than stock 185R14 (steel wheel).
Slightly taller than stock 205/70/14 (alloy wheel).

Mark

Debra Clark wrote:
>
> After checking the archives and polling the list on tires recently,  I
> replaced all four tires (the back two were totally gone when we purchased
> the vanagon) with the Costco brand (Kirkland's made by Uniroyal) LT's
> (195/75-14) for 62.99 a tire.  That price includes balancing, lifetime
> rotation, the tire fees (non sales tax) and road hazard coverage.  I haven't
> given them a long-term test but on highway or local roads they handle great
> and are not that noisy.  So far, I'm very pleased.  Check the archives for
> further opinions.
> Debra Clark
> Santee, California
> debra_clark@yahoo.com
>