my used old uniroyal spair runs better then the 356 yokos can't wait til i get some funds to buy a real performance tires. * slow leaks, freak wear regardless of the tire pressure. I rotate them to get flat wear and get all the life out of them. ( but a side wall leak one day really worried me! some day the van will have new " shoes " :) Joe
On 13 Feb 2003, Mark Dorm wrote: > thats not very many miles... think used tires > would be better for my money than that... > > >From: jim <jch@JCHGIS.COM> > > > > >Greg, I have had 356 "d"s on my westy for > >several years, over 30 K miles. Edge wear > >was excessive, but can be attributed to bad > >ball joints and under inflation. They > >require much higher pressures that stock. > >The result is that the ride a little hard, > >but handle well on the highway. No major > >complaints. Just bought four new ones, could > >have gone to 40K miles maybe, but had a slow > >leak in one and was going to have to get it > >fixed, so I went ahead and bought 4 new ones > >from the tire rack. > > > >jim > > > >Greg Marshall wrote: > > > >>Hi folks, > >> > >>In my search for new tires I've temporarily > >>decided on the Yokohama 356 LT 185/75 R14's. > >>They are readily available, not super > >>expensive, and seem to meet the appropriate > >>spec. I'd be interested in hearing from > >>anyone running these tires. Are they correct > >>for the vanagon? Handling? Wear? I would > >>love a pair of Agilis, but seeing as how I > >>also have to do the fornt ball joints, I > >>just can't afford $160.00 per tire. > >> > >>Thanks vanagonites. > >> > >>Greg. 82 Westy > >> > > > _____________________________________________- > ____________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail > protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail |
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