Bo Kersey writes: > > I know that we've been round and round about wheels and tires in this group > (no pun intended). I've got an '89 Westy with an automatic. I'd like to > decrease engine rpm/road speed and I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of the > van's blistering (not) accelleration. So, I'd like to put some taller tires > on the van. I've currently go standard 5.5" x 14" steel wheels. I thought > of putting some 205s on them, but I think that they would be too tall and > I'd wind up with too much distance between the wheel and the tread making > the van's abysmal handling even worse. So, I thought, why not put 6" x 15" > wheels on and then I would not have to worry so much about huge sidewalls. > Now the question is, where could I get 6 x 15s with the correct offset? > Don't Chevy (perish the thought) wheels have the same bolt pattern? Any > suggestions??? I would be very interested in 15" wheels too, if I hadn't just bought new tires. :) But I love my 205-70*HR*14s. They handle great! -David ============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego Calif. '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) e-mail: schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Sleeper) http://papaya.nosc.mil/~schwarze '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) ============================================================================
|
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.