Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:37:46 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Im also looking for tires for my Vanagon westy
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Apparently no Discount Tire stores in Alabama. There are some in
Georgia, Atlanta particularly. But not to have a single store in Alabam
sucks!
John
John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
On 9/6/2010 4:34 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> BTW, Discount Tire will order any tire marketed in the U.S., whether they carry it in stock or not, and will match any price, online or otherwise. That means you get the online price if it is the lowest available, without paying shipping and with mounting and balancing included.
>
> I have no connection to Discount Tire, other than as a very satisfied customer. As with any tire dealer, I emphasize such things as proper pressure, and then check that myself after getting home and after the tires have rested an appropriate amount of time. I also retorque the lugs myself, though I've never found them to be wrong at Discount. I think this outfit goes under a different name on the West Coast.
>
> DMc
>
> ---- Karl Wolz<wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote:
>> I've got a pair of Hankooks on my Westy that are working real well so far.
>> That's coming off of Michelin's Agilis.
>>
>> The DoKa has Kumhos, and they seem to do the job well also.
>>
>> Karl Wolz
>>
>> |-----Original Message-----
>> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>> |Mark Hineline
>> |Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 9:44 AM
>> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> |Subject: Re: Im also looking for tires for my Vanagon westy
>> |
>> |Hi Tina,
>> |
>> |I was just looking into this myself. If your westy has 14" wheels, a
>> |good tire seems to be Hankook RA08. There's an online tire store in
>> |Cerritos that has them for about $70 each. You would have to buy them
>> |there and then take them elsewhere to put them on.
>> |
>> |You can also call your local Discount Tire and see whether they can
>> |order you a set of Yokohama Y356 tires.
>> |
>> |Mark (in San Diego)
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |
>> |On Sep 6, 2010, at 8:59 AM, tina canny wrote:
>> |
>> |> Hello All,
>> |> Does anyone have a good tire recommendation for the Los Angeles
>> |> area? What is
>> |> the best size to get for the extra weight? Thanks for any help!
>> |>
>> |> Tina
>> |> 85 westy
> --
> David McNeely
>
>
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