Date:         Sat, 11 Nov 1995 20:24:14 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         SyncroHead@aol.com
Subject:      Re: Tire recommendations wanted

>> BF Goodrich Radial All-Terrain tires size 27LT8.5-14 (27" diameter,
>LT=Light
>> Truck, 8.5" width, 14" rim diameter) should fit your wheels at least if
>> they're alloy.  I've been told that these are too wide for the narrower
>steel
>> wheels - you migh want to ask a reoupable tire shop about this.  I've got
>> these tires on my Syncro and they've been great.  I was initially
concerned
>
>Do you have a 27LT8.5-14 tire as your spare?  I find that even a 
>205-70R14 doesn't fit very well in the spare tire area.  I could barely 
>get one in the '80 Vanagon I had, and Kelley McDaniel could barely get 
>the one that I gave him in his '82.
>
Yes, I have a 27LT 8.5-14 as a spare on a stock steel wheel.  I had to
position it just right and push real hard but I got it in there.

Jim Davis
87 Syncro
88 Wolfsburg