[T3] Tires

[Keith Park]

I did a lot of research on tires last summer, Nankang is the worst choice
out there right now, and if you found Kumho's in the stock size you found
some OLD tires!  Watch out... they haven't been made since 2008 and you
state may have rules about not touching tires that are more than 5 years
old.

Federals are a good choice, and cheap.

The Kumho's are excellent tires tough so if you can get them and get away
with it go for it!  I looked EVERYWHERE and couldn't find any!  Does that
shop ship tires??

Keith


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-----Original Message-----
From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Soren
Jacobsen
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 6:51 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Tires

On Oct 28, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Bobsnotch at aol.com wrote:

> I must have gotten lucky then, as my local Discount Tire  had 8  Kumho's
in 
> stock when I bought the set of 4 I put on the T-34. : ) They seem to  be
an 
> ok tire, but then I've only really driven the car this past summer.

I went tire shopping for my Variant today, and the Discount Tire down the
road from here also had Kumhos available for $77 each (before
mounting/balancing).  This sounded like a deal after Les Schwab (big
regional tire retailer in the pacific northwest) wanted $95 (tire only) for
the Classics.  However, digging a bit deeper...

Online you can get Nankangs for $69 shipped.  I'll most likely go that route
and mount them myself, balancing with Dyna Beads.  The old Nankangs
(different tread pattern) have served me adequately on my Bug, though
they're due for replacement after 6 years and 42,000 miles.  If the new ones
are comparable, I'll be happy.

There are also Nexens available in 165/80-15 for $60ish delivered.  I don't
know anything about these tires, really, but I might give them a shot.  Both
of my VWs need tires, so maybe I'll get Nankangs for one and Nexens for the
other and see what happens.

Soren
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