[TR] 165 tires, etc....

Jeffrey Barteet barteet at mrl.ucsb.edu
Thu Nov 1 18:19:43 MST 2007


Hi, Folks,

I offer this afterthought to the 165 SR 15 tire availability thread......

The premier website for aircooled VW enthusiasts is 
http://www.thesamba.com , and on this site you can find 15" tires in 
some truly WEIRD sizes.  i.e., how about a low-profile 165/45-15 tire or 
at 175/55-15 designed for a 'Smart' car?  Or a 135/80-15?

You can even find stock size tires if that's your cup of tea.

The aircooled VW tuner set likes to 'slam'  ( that's hip slang for lower 
) their cars, and they have to employ some odd sizes to make it all work 
sometimes. Lowered bugs often run on 135 series tires up front to keep 
from rubbing the fenders.

If nothing else, if you've never seen the website  you'll find it 
interesting in the staggering amount of availability of cars and parts. 
I guess that sort of thing is to be expected after a 20 million car 
production run.

OH, and re: the whole 55 mph wobbly tire issue.....I had that problem 
too when I first got my TR4. Replacing the 25 year old XZXs that had 
morphed into a substance with the consistency and road holding 
properties of bakelite solved the problem.

-jeffrey


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