I have the Vredisteins on my 84. good ones On Oct 11, 2017 5:34 PM, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > If you really want to stay with the truck tire approach consider this > Vredestein. This tire rides well and has all season capability. It should > also be a 50K mile tire. There are also a few 205/70-14XL (98 load index) > tires available. These are becoming scarce again. These would be equal to > the tires supplied by VW on the later Vanagons usually with the alloy > wheels. > When getting on line from some suppliers you need to check the production > date as soon as they arrive. For the last pair of tires I purchased for my > wife's Jetta the new one were older than the ones that were installed a > year earlier! Some sellers sell off older stock and you need to be mindful > with the specialty stuff. > Dennis > > > https://www.tiresbyweb.com/popup.aspx?src=/images/ > Product/large/Comtrac-All-Season.jpg > > > https://www.tiresbyweb.com/p-12276-vredestein-comtrac-all- > season-tires.aspx > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of Karl Ploessl > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 7:54 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: last tire question (from me)(14x6 VW alu wheel) > > either a Michelin Agilis 195R14C or a Hankook RA18 185R14 > > https://simpletire.com/hankook-185-r14-2001939-tires > https://simpletire.com/michelin-195-r14c-14307-tires > > It is for an AC '81 Vanagon Westfalia. > > Karl. > |
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