Date:         Sat, 22 Feb 2003 19:43:59 -0500
Reply-To:     "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Subject:      Re: 27x8.5R14 Tires
Comments: To: "jmahnken@BELLSOUTH.NET" <jmahnken@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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The manufacturer recommendations that I have read all specified a 6" or
wider rim.

I'll have a tech article on my site this weekend with MB part #'s for the
14x6" and 14x6.5" steel rims. They bolt right on, and are a cheap and safe
way to get to larger tires. I paid under $100 for my 14x6 rims. You can see
them at:

http://volksweb.relitech.com/party2002.htm

TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://volksweb.relitech.com
http://checkerweb.relitech.com
85 VW Vanagon Crew Cab
82 VW Westy Diesel=>Gas Conversion
81 Checker A-11 (Taxi)
65 VW Notchback



-----Original Message-----
From: John Mahnken [mailto:jmahnken@BELLSOUTH.NET]
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 5:07 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: 27x8.5R14 Tires


Hello All,
      I'm looking at B.F.G All Terrain TA KO tires for my 84 Westy.
    I read in earlier posts of some list members using this tire.
    My question is,do these tires fit the stock 5.5 rims without a problem?
    The specs for these tires are 6.0 to 7.0 size rims,and I'd like to make
    sure I can go with these before I shell out the cash and make a big
mistake.

           TIA,

               John