Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 23:08:12 -0700
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From: ddes@anet-dfw.com (David Schwarze)
Subject: Re: These could be the tires (Retry)
At 1:34 PM 6/17/96, Jon Hathaway wrote:
>Jonathan 'Snuggles' Edwards wrote:
>> 384.09 total
>>
>> not bad i don't think, good tire....reinforced sidewalls...any comments?
Sounds like a freakin ripoff to me. $384 for 4 tires?!?!?!? I don't have
that kind of money to throw around. I got two 205-70HR14 (note the HR
speed rating)
tires mounted and balanced for $96 out the door. The sidewalls are stiffer
than load range C tires (I flexed them side by side) and as stiff as a load
range D. They handle great, wear well (18,000 miles so far and still at
least half tread) and I am 101% satisfied with them. I obviously didn't
want the HR rating because I am going to go that fast, but the HR brings
with it a reinforced sidewall that is just what the doctor ordered for my
two-ton bus. I know someone is going to ask, so the tires are a wierd
off-brand called something like "Tujungal", made in Indonesia, and I got
them at a hole-in-the-wall tire shop in San Diego next to Beeline alignment
on Garnet and I-5. I don't care about their pedigree, they are GREAT
tires! Wish I had bought 4 but I am 1400 miles away now. Oh well. :(
> 185/70R-14 are NOT the correct size for a Type II vehicle they
>are almost an 1" & 1/2" too small!!!
Heed this man's warning.
> Price doesn't matter.. get the right size... 185R-14 or
>195/75R-14 or 205/70R-14....
You can get the right size AND the right price if you look around.
> all of the above should be Reinforced or C load range or
>higher...
... or HR rated. Flex one for yourself sometime, you'll be amazed.
-David
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David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat)
Dallas, Texas, USA '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast)
e-mail: ddes@anet-dfw.com '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (13.986@100.81)
http://www.anet-dfw.com/~ddes '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano)
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