Date:         Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:05:44 -0700
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Different tire size
Comments: To: Becky Bos <bbos@OLS.NET>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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The 235R15s will just fit.  They are a little over 29" tall and if you do
some off roading you will have a potential rubbing problem at the front
when the spring is fully compressed.  I currenently run 27" tires on my
Syncro and they are great.  I am going to go to 28.5 - 29.0 very soon.
After that I will have to play with the suspension.  For crawling though
mud n creaks in stuff nothing beats the larger tires.  With 27" tires
expect 10.5" to be your lowest point if your suspension is setup simular to
a syncro.

There were stock 15" alloy wheels for the Vanagons they are quite rare
though.


At 00:52 6/10/98 -0400, Becky Bos wrote:
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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