Date:         Sun, 25 Oct 1998 20:58:40 -0800
Reply-To:     David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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From:         David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Subject:      Re: 16" tires
Comments: To: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Another interesting note... the FACTORY tires on my Dad's 1991 Ford F-150
4x4 are Firestone P235-75 15" - they are passanger tires and not light
truck tires!  The load rating is greater than GVWR / 4 so I guess this is
Ford's reasoning for this one...


At 01:13 10/26/98 -0800, Per Lindgren wrote:
>&C minis use 215/65 SR 15, they weigh around 1700 kg, and I'll bet that
>NONE of this cars use truck tires, go with passenger tires, as long as you
>get the right load index, which by the way is 97 for Vanagons.  PerL
>88 Syncro  David Marshall wrote: I have passanger tires on my Syncro
>(225/60 16") and I must say that they
>  The problem with the passanger
>  This is hell on your tires
>  LT tires are usually 3 ply for the side
>walls thus giving you that extra margin of safety.  The problem with 16"
>wheels is that you have to get a 28" tire to get a LT
>  I think the smallest is a 215/70 16" which is what I am getting (BFG
>AT).  & Steve Kammerer wrote:
>>if one were to use 16"tires on a 97 EVC, are there light truck tires
>>that would work?
>>
>>tia.
>>stevek
>>97 EVC


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