Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:06:47 -0400
Reply-To: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
Subject: Re: Tires ? can't seem to find size anywhere
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Why would you put 65 psi in them? and don't say, "Because it says so right
on the sidewall!" I hope they are not 185/70s either.
Jay
"Phil S." <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 07/28/2003 02:51:21
PM
Please respond to "Phil S." <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
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Subject: Re: Tires ? can't seem to find size anywhere
"tirerack steered me towards the reinforced Yokohama
van tire 185/70R14
which i had installed last week. [$50 a piece was hard
to beat!!"
I did the same thing but i ordered the Load range-D,
65 PSI Yokohama 356 "Super Van"185/70R14's. I cant
wait untill they wear out so i can switch to another
brand, becouse these Yokos are as hard as concrete and
i feel every crack in the road. after driving around
for 10k miles my wishbone bushings are now shot and
need replacing again. I think driving around with 65
pounds of air pressure in my tires destroyed my
bushings. i only recently started filling them at
45PSI but i dont thing this is recommended by
Yokohama.....they are rated at 65PSI. However, they DO
handle well in the cross-winds(less body roll)
Phil 84' Westy w/Tiico
--- "Myers, Thomas A" <Thomas.Myers@USA.XEROX.COM>
wrote:
> As people mentioned last month on the list - I gave
> tirerack a call after I
> *thought* i spotted some goodyear 205's on thier
> site i thought i could use
> for the westy. As it turned out - it was a typo.
> however the minute i said
> i was looking for a 14 inch tire with a C or D load
> rating ..the salesman
> instantly asked "is this for some VW van??" :O)
>
> tirerack steered me towards the reinforced Yokohama
> van tire 185/70R14
> which i had installed last week. [$50 a piece was
> hard to beat!! ] So i had
> five installed. [ i had not actually seen the spare
> in the four years
> since i bought my van - I figured better safe than
> sorry...]
>
> The van is a little more jumpy in the highway
> crosswinds :O(
> than my old 205's but it is not my daily driver - so
> I can live with it.
>
>
> Tom
> 90 Westy
>
>
>
> ----------
> From: Kim Brennan
> Reply To: Kim Brennan
> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 12:29 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Tires ? can't seem to
> find size anywhere
>
> Lovely. Well tell that dealer if he is
> willing to pay for your
> hospitlization, and for a new vehicle when
> it crashes due to the use
> of
> improper tires....
>
> But seriously, find a better place to get
> your tires. You can get
> them
> online (TireRack for example). Not
> necessarily cheaper, but much
> safer
> to get the right tire. Tirerack's web site
> will NOT let you find the
> Agilis as a tire for your Vanagon, so find
> it via a brand search
> ($109
> for the 185R14.)
>
>
> On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 10:49 AM,
> brian Honan wrote:
>
> > What the dealer wants to give me is
> called a harmony and is not
> the
> > rateing but they clain it is fine even
> though it is a car tire.
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