In a message dated 98-09-28 22:05:39 EDT, KENWILFY@aol.com writes: > I have had alot of interest in these wheels and the wheel/tire package. The > wheels are the ones pictured on the Eurospec conversion Vanagon in that > article in "European Car" (does someone have this article and could you scan > in this picture for me? I don't really have a good picture of these wheels > yet.) The wheels are 15" x 6.5" and are called Rhein wheels. > The tires are 205/60 radials called Axxium which are made by Goodyear. They > are all season radials and were chosen by the people at Eurospec for thier > good traction. I have searched Goodyear's website for passenger car / light trucks at: http://www.goodyear.com/nat/pclt_cat/index.html I found no mention of "Axxium" tires anywhere. What is the load rating of this tire? Are they "Reinforced"? What is the maximum rated air pressure? These are very important questions about selecting tires for the Vanagon. None have been answered in either of your messages yet. It sounds like Eurospec has a good reputation, but I wouldn't assume that they know much about Vanagone tires without checking things like load rating. The more weight, the more critical this becomes. Syncro, quite important. Westy, quite important. Syncro Westy, really critical! Regards, Jim Davis |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.