I'm in the process of getting new wheels and tires on my '87 camper. It's a non-synchro and presently wears 205 70 r14's on steel wheels. I am looking at some alloys that are supposedly stock synchro 15" with BFG AT He says they have 235 75 r15's on them. First off, I didn't think synchro's had 15" stock alloy wheels I thought they were all 14" or 16". Second, I think it was stated recently on the list that in 1988 VW lowered the vanagon ride height, would that make these tires too big? Just by guessing does anyone think that on full compression of the suspension would these new tires rub what about while turning? I do a lot of camping in the backwoods and cross creeks, go through fields, mud, etc. I got my camper to use it and I'm tired of tires spinning and having to rock out of being temporarily immobile. I feel that the BFG AT'S would be a great improvement since I have had BFG MT'S on other vehicles and were quite pleased. also the new wheels would be pretty snazzy! Thanks in advance! Josh '87 GL Camper 2wd '98 GTi
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