Do not overinflate the tires. They sold you the wrong tire, but they will work fine. You got a tire rated for passenger car service. The Vanagon wants a tire rated for truck service. I think the load ranges are B for passenger car and C for truck. If they insist they sold you the correct tire ask them to put in writing they will accept all responsibility for any liabilities and damages that could result from the tires being overinflated. That usually gets them back paddling. If you don't want to do that you can use those tires. I've been running passenger tires on my Vanagon for about two years and I haven't seen any back effects. I run them at the tire's maximum pressure or sticker. Which ever is lowest. HTH At 11:28 PM 2/23/97 -0600, Joseph Doniach wrote: > >I just bought a set of reinforced Michelin X tires for my 86 Westfalia. The >max tire pressure is 40 psi, yet the sticker on the door calls for 48 psi in >the rear tires. The dealer (Wheelworks, a large chain in the SF Bay Area) >insists that they are the correct tires. What's going on here? > > Greetings from Michigan's Upper Peninsula Jeff & Jean-Marie Diebolt mailto:jdiebolt@up.net
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