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On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 17:16, Greg Merritt wrote: > > I'm going to buy a set of tire chains for the Squareback for > a trip into California snow country. (I'm required by law to have > them.) A listee highly recommended this style: > > http://www.autosportcatalog.com/index.cfm?fa=p&pid=1046 > > Now, I can choose a size like "165/70-15" on that page, and get a > result that I could buy. However, before clicking "GO" on the > selector, you can click on "Need Help finding Your Tire Size?", which > takes you to this page: > > http://www.autosportcatalog.com/index.cfm?fa=tire_size_info > > Here it says, > > ''Many older European vehicles use a sizing standard called > "Euro-metric" (185R15) . These tires, like numeric sizes, are > expressed in two numbers: tire width and wheel diameter. The width of > these tires is expressed in millimeters rather than inches. They are > selected in the same manner as numeric tire sizes - leaving the > second drop-down box vacant.'' > > When I go to the selector and leave the second field blank, choosing > only "165/" and "15", I am told that there is no product available in > the size I need. > > The tires on my VWs are labelled "165R15" and "165SR15", like > the "Euro-metric" labelling they describe in their tire selector. > > I always thought that the lack of a middle number implied a > "default" ratio of 70. > > Do I just buy the 165/70-15 chains, or are they likely wrong > for my 165R15 Michelins? > See if the form will take 165/75-15. I think that is what our "stock" tires are considered. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org