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On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 13:09, Hal Sullivan wrote: > At 10:10 AM 6/19/04, Russ Wolfe wrote: > >6 ply means 6 plys of cord in the sidewall of the tire, which is a very > >stiff riding tire. 6 ply rated were actually only 4 plys of cord but > >with a strength rating of a 6 ply. This was a much softer riding tire. > >You wouldn't want to ride in a Squareback with 6 ply tires. > > Would it be kind-of like the reverse of driving a fully-loaded Westy > with passenger-rated car tires instead of the 6 ply or 8 ply that > they're suppsosed to have? =) > Yep!!! Too heavy a tire and you sacrifice ride, and too soft a tire and your tires will actually run hotter. This is for bias ply tires that is. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org