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Date:         Wed, 10 Nov 1999 01:51:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill <bill@FREEHOLDER.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill <bill@FREEHOLDER.COM>
Subject:      Re: [Re: New 15 wheels]
Comments: To: "shawn a. zenor" <nomad@RT66.COM>
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A bigger wheel with a lower profile tire means less sidewall height, which
means stiffer sidewalls, which means handling should become more responsive.


At 09:52 PM 11/9/99 -0700, shawn a. zenor wrote:
>If you end up with a 15" wheel, with the same circumfrence of a 14" wheel,
>than what the heck is the point of having the 15" rim?  I assumed that the
>reason for going 15" would be for bigger diameter wheels for lower RPM's at
>speed.
Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com
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