[T3] Tire Sizes

Soren Jacobsen snj at blef.org
Sat May 3 13:20:05 PDT 2014


On May 3, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> I keep hearing that Kumho (Korean) is making tires for us, but there 
> are not many options out there. If you've got money to burn on this, 
> you can still get copies of the Michelin XZX in 165SR15. Those were 
> great tires.

Other options include Nankang CX-668 and Federal SS-657.  Both are easy to get online, and reasonably priced.

> I don't think many cars ever used this size. Late beetles and all 
> Type 3s. Maybe some '60s British sports cars, 

Some of the old Volvo Amazons used them as well.

Soren


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