Jaime, Thanks for the specific passenger car tire suggestion. "Who cares if it is a truck or a station wagon" I agree ... If its meets the requirments that's all that matters. Let's look at the numbers According to tirerack.com http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp?make=Sumitomo&model=HTR+200 Sumitomo Model: HTR 200 Size: 205/70 HR14 Load Index: 95H SL Max Load: 1521 lbs Max Inflation Pressure: 51 psi Facts: - The SL indicates that this is a "Standard Load" passenger Car Tire - No reinforced sidewall. - Since this is a passenger car tire the Max Load Capacity has to be reduced by 9% for DOT & Industry standards - Therefore this tire doesn't have a 1521 lbs load capacity but rather has a 1384 lbs capacity. Remember that a 2WD Vanagon weighs 1433 lbs (rear tire) and VW used a 1580lbs load capacity. Therefore this would not be a recommended tire for a Vanagon application. If you want to use a passenger car tire you would need to look for the following "Minimum" specs. * XL or RF designation. * Load Range 100 * Max Load Capacity: 1604 lbs * Max Inflation Pressure:: 40 psi good tires, larry chase www.roadhaus.com www.roadhaus.com/shops.html www.roadhaus.com/tires.html - - - Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 20:47:52 -0500 From: jaime forero <jforero@SBCGLOBAL.NET> Subject: Re: Vanagon Tire Guidelines Report Hey Guys stop the going back and forth and go out and get a set of Sumitomo HTR 200, 205/70/14. Great tire and have held up just fine under normal and heavy loads. Who cares if it is a truck or a station wagon. Cheers Jaime |
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