Date:         Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:30:16 -0500
Reply-To:     "Chris S." <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Chris S." <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Lazy fellow tire size ?
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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195 size RA08 = happy camper.  I had them on my '84 with good results. Excellent in rain, mediocre off road. 

Chris.

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Dnia Feb 15, 2014 o godz. 10:21 Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):

> I have a lead on Hankook RAO 8 tires (Tire Crazy) for $98 with free
> shipping.  They offer just the 195 r 14 size.  The stock size for my van is
> 185 r 14.  I like those RAO 8s for the front, I want some more. My "lazy
> guy" question is prompted by having poor and frustrating internet access
> where I'm currently camping, making finding a readable and understandable
> tire size calculator rather tedious using my new phone, one that still
> often stumps me.
> 
>  My current fronts are old Nokian Hakka Cs  (185 r14s) that are going
> quite bald.  I have a remote- country homeward journey pending, couple of
> thousand miles in the deserted West. I really shouldn't try it on these
> worn fronts, so I'm thinking of having the RAOs , in the available size
> drop-shipped to a nearby tire service to be mounted before I Ieave.
> 
>  No full "tire thread" needed...just need a rundown of the  consequences
> of using the RAO 8 tire in 195r 14 on the front of my 84  5sp tin-top as
> opposed to the 185r 14s I have on there now. TIA..