Date:         Tue, 8 Dec 1998 09:55:49 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>
Subject:      Syncro wheels
Comments: To: Malcolm White <Malcolm.White@siemens.co.uk>
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Dear Malcolm,


I stand corrected! 225/70x16 (28.4") "should" work, whereas 225/75x16 (29.29) probably won't work on a US Syncro. Thanx for the quick eye!


To recap, these tires are probably the MAX tire you can use on a US Syncro:

   225/70x16 to acheive 28.4" or

   215/75x16 to acheive 28.7" or

   225/75x15 to achieve 28.3" or

   215/80x15 to achieve 28.5"


Cheers,

MJS



At 10:26 AM 12/8/98 -0000, Malcolm White wrote:

>>This "fact" limits the tire choices drastically. For example, I

>>was originally thinking it would be way cool to have 225/70x16 BFG

>>tires on my Syncro (which are approx. 29.29" in diameter). But after

>>talking with several list members I'm beginning to believe that

>>28.7" is the practical limit for US Syncros due to the clearance problems

>>mentioned above.

>

>Surely you mean 225/75x16's are 29.29" in diameter. A 70 series would be

>28.4 and inside the 28.7 maximum that you quote.

>

>(I'm going through the same dilemma of tire choice myself and I'll probably

>go for the 225/75 x 15 BFG  AT's on mine).

>

>Regards, Malcolm



<bold>Michael J. Sullivan

</bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design

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