[T3] Tired Searching for Tires

[Mike Fisher]

True enough!  I've had trouble with Tire Crack/America'a Tire etc, but
Don Burkin is just down the road and he has good tire
machines/balancers etc.

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> I remember when I was in Oregon 10 years ago, they wouldn’t touch my tires
> Because the date codes were out of their range, I think they were 7 or 8
> years old at the time, by now... Ill bet many states make it hard to find
> anyone that will fix or mount old tires.
>
> Keith
>
>
> Top Notch Restorations
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
> 71 Squareback "Hothe"
> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
> 65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
> 87 golf "Winterat"
> 93 RX7 "Redstur"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Mike
> Fisher
> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 10:24 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: Re: [T3] Tired Searching for Tires
>
> I'm a tire hoarder/user from all my parts cars.  I block up pans
> front/rear 2 mounted tires each end.  I have a good used set of 4
> Brazilian with XZX tread pattern.  J.Jonik doesn't say where he lives?
>
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>> I believe the new Mini's use our tire size.
>> Anywho, here in the NE the Kumho's seem to be the
>> Readily available tire in our size and Im actually very happy with mine,
>> Much stiffer sidewall than the Kelley's I used to have and they handle
> much
>> better.  Tire rack carries Kumho.
>>
>> $68 is pretty darn cheap for a tire, my buddy just put new tires on the
>> Oddessy and they were over $200 each, even more for his Ford Exploder.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>>
>> Top Notch Restorations
>> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
>> http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
>> 71 Squareback "Hothe"
>> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
>> 65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
>> 87 golf "Winterat"
>> 93 RX7 "Redstur"
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
>> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of J. Jonik
>> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 5:43 PM
>> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
>> Subject: [T3] Tired Searching for Tires
>>
>> Has this topic been addressed here before?  Can that be re-posted if
>> possible?
>>
>> I haven't tried to buy tires for my T III for ages.    They are all 165 R
>> 15.  When I found one bad tire, and having used up the good ones from
> parts
>> cars,  I went to local used tire shops for a replacement or two.    The
> guys
>> there didn't even recognize my measurement numbers.   They all said there
>> MUST be a middle number...something about sidewalls.
>>
>> Long story short...even the VW dealer couldn't help.  They couldn't even
>> advise another size tire that would work...i.e. Narrow enough to not rip
>> itself up on front wheel well when turning.   (VW dealers can't do older
> VW
>> keys either.)
>>
>> So, finally, a Firestone dealer (two of my tires were Firestone) said he
>> could order tires with numbers  165 80 R - 15.     $68 plus $18 balancing
>> and mounting.   Almost $90 for ONE TIRE !  Quite a leap from my usual $20
> or
>> so for good used ones, for decades.   Don't know what the "80" is about
>> And, I think these tires are Chinese.
>>
>> One person told me that the only other car that used that size was
>> Triumph...but don't know what years.
>>
>> What's to know about this?    What range of sizes are compatible with a
> T-3
>> ?   How wide is the limit?
>>  Are such tires now turning into some "specialty" item that needs to be
>> mail-ordered?  Are there any known "hoarders" of 165R 15 tires who ship
>> them?
>>
>> This can be a real problem if traveling and getting flats...only to find
> no
>> tires are available nearby.    A question then is...what to do in a pinch
> as
>> temporary tires?
>>
>> Salvage yards?   No luck.  Most old VWs have been long trashed for
>> metal...and any tires ON the car would be rotted into the ground.   Gotta
>> get lucky finding one in the trunk.
>>
>> To those with parts cars out on the lawn...get them off the ground if the
>> tires are still usable.
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