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on 5/12/04 10:39 AM, type3-d-request@vwtype3.org at type3-d-request@vwtype3.org wrote: > I found 165SR15s at a local Firestone store last fall. They had them in stock. > The brand was "LeMans." I don't think they are particularly wonderful tires, > but they seem okay. I don't have significant miles on them yet. I'm sure there > are other options, too, but the really good Michelins are NLA. > > -- > Jim Adney I bought some brand new at Firestone for my Beetle two years ago, and they were Firestone Brand, F-560's. They were fairly cheap (around $50 or so each) and had a nice looking tread pattern. They are slightly larger in the wheel well (they're 165R15's, but not all tires in that size share the same outer dimensions strangely enough). Anyway they looked good on the car and drove very well, improved the handling greatly over the 6 year old Yokohama's (in Arizona the sun and arid climate cracks the tires before the tread is gone...) Also just bought some Kelly Springfield 165R15's at a local Western States Tire store for my T34, they too were about $50 each and have been fine so far; the tread pattern looks similar to the old XZX's. Yancy '66 361 '63 343 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org