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On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 14:21, Jim Adney wrote: > On 5 Nov 2004 at 11:06, Duane Miller wrote: > > > I need the correct paint colors and codes for the wheels. > > In case you've not already thought of it, you should be aware that rims made > before '66 lack the "safety hump" inside which makes radials an option. I'm > having trouble remembering the details right now, but I believe that the early > rims are okay for bias ply tires only if they are mounted with tubes, while > they do not support radials properly. > You CAN use radials on non-safety rims, as long as you use tubes in them. And you don't need tubes in bias ply's The idea is that because of the sidewall construction of a radial, they can break the bead even when properly inflated. Bias ply's don't seem to have this problem. Maybe it is because you cant corner a biasply as hard as you can a radial. I was running radials on VW's clear back in 1964 when I bought my first VW. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~