John,
One of our CT MG Club members also commented about the supply drying
up. He wanted new radials, was happy to buy 165x15s again, but found
that the number of manufacturers of this size was considerably smaller
than last time he bought. He, too, figured that with a bazillion VWs in
the USA, there would be a great choice, but that was not his experience.
Further, he found that of this reduced choice, tread patterns were
modern, swirly designs that he didn't want for his TD. Eventually he
found Vreidsteins (sp?) that he though looked right and bought a set.
I've not heard a use report from him yet, not that our TDs are demanding
of their tires.
Whatever the difficulty of finding 165x15, I hope that noone repeats my
mistake of buying 5.60x15 Firestone bias plys. They're wearing out fast,
but not fast enough.
Bob
On Thu, 03 Jun 1999 08:16:35 -0700 John Seim <kingseim@earthlink.net>
writes:
>Just what do you mean by the right size? Are you talking about 5.50 x
>15
>tires? How would you feel about 5.60 x 15? We have known for years
>that
>this was a most common size tire, and that we should have no problem
>finding this size, as Volkswagons used the same (or near to the same)
>size tire. When they went from bias ply to radial, hence the change
>from
>5.60 x 15 to 165 R 15, availability shouldn't have dried up. And, if
>oriigionality is what you seek, look to a Volkswagon parts place. One
>of
>our members was looking for bias ply wide white walls for his TD. He
>finally found Denman bias ply tires with wide white walls at a
>Volkswagon Bug Haus. Blackwalls might also be found there, as well as
>a
>selection of radial tires, or at least suppliers.
>John Seim
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