upgrading to 15" rims does nothing for stability and handling in and off itself it is the quality and size of the tires that impact stability and handling same goes for whether you can go off road in the van which you say is a major goal depending on tire choice you can get a bit more ground clearance with tires for the 15" rim and you have more tires to choose from in 15" but you must get the right tire the BFG AT KO in the 14" size has been used successfully by many people, even folks with Syncro's who go off road very often, very good on and off road but if you use tires other than low profile tires, which you don't want for off road, you will loose some power with the larger diameter tires that you would put on the van for off road use you don't say you have a Syncro, so I am assuming 2 WD and only moderate off road conditions unless the added ground clearance is an issue, I stay with the wheels you have and use the BFG's search this tire's name in the archives of this list and the syncro@yahoogroups.com list to see how folks feel about it -- Sam Walters Baltimore, MD 89 Syncro GL 85 Westy Weekender 84 Vanagon, original owner, soon to be retired, just too many problems All incoming and outgoing email scanned by automatically updated copy of Norton AntiVirus. |
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