Date:         Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:20:14 +0100
Reply-To:     Anthony Polson <acpolson@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Anthony Polson <acpolson@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: best tire for 15" SA alloy rim
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Hi Ben,

I own an SA Vanagon in the UK.  The standard SA Vanagon tire size is 205/65
R15 and I cannot think of a better tire for the vehicle than the Michelin
Agilis.

Hope this helps.

Tony


>-------------- Original Message ----------------
>
>Date:    Tue, 3 Aug 2004 00:25:31 -0700
>From:    Ben S <phlogiston@ISPWEST.COM>
>Subject: best tire for 15" SA alloy rim
>
>so i just bought a set of the rhein rims from volkscafe and am pretty
>psyched to put them on... all i have left to do is decide what kind of
>tires i want to mount on them.  now i have a set of 14" steels right now
>with nokian hakks on them, so i'm kind of leaning towards getting a
>summer only tire for the new rims and just changing wheels when i go on
>snowboarding trips this winter.  but the only decently reccomended tires
>i have found from talking to the various vanagon parts houses are:
>michelin agilis 205/65r15
>goodyear cargo vector 205/65r15
>michelin LT X 215/75r15
>bridgestone dueler 215/75r15
>
>and the only one of these which is not an "all season" is the cargo
>vector which is classified as a "highway rib summer" tire and looks kind
>of like what i see on the front wheels of commercial trucks.  has anyone
>run these tires who can give some feedback?
>
>does anyone have any suggestions of a nearby size or aspect ratio that i
>have not considered that might yeild more options that fit my wheels?
>does anyone have advice as to which rolling radius goes better with my
>4spd manual 2.1l wbx 2wd van?  the nokian tires i have on now (185R15
>size, almost an 85 i think) have a very similar radius to the 205/65
>size, whereas the 75 series tires add an extra couple of inches.  i've
>almost been thinking that i'd sacrifice some acceleration to get the
>engine speed a little lower at 75m/h but then i always laugh and say
>"what acceleration".
>
>Ben.