That's a lot of tire there. Should do real good at reducing the efficiency of the stock brakes, loading the viscous coupler going off road, putting extra load on the transmission and engine. Don't try this on the 2 wheel drives especially with the lower springs. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of craig cowan Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 9:17 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Tires- 16" recommendations? I love my 225/70/16 BFG TA's on MEFRO (Vancafe) steel rims. I can't think of a better option. -Craig
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 12, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Rob wrote: > > > I'm going to upgrade to 16" tires on my '84 Westy. > > Any specific recommendations? > Yes. > http://www.roadhaus.com/tires/popular%20Vanagon%20Tires.html > I've had two of the 16" options there, not the Hankook though. > Great tires. > Different size though. > bob > |
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