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On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 15:01, Doug Brashear wrote: > Hello all, > > Out of lurk mode I come to ask you all another > question. My Fastback is running fine, maybe in need > of a rear brake adjustment but otherwise functioning > well. However, my tires are on their 7th year, and > dry-rotting badly. Unfortunately, 165SR15's don't seem > to be as widely available as they once were. > > Anyone know of inexpensive sources for 165SR15's, or > an alternative tire that would look good on a stock > height Fastback running 8-spoke EMPI's? > I bought my last set of 165sr15 Cooper's from my local Goodyear dealer. He didn't have them in stock, but had them the next day. They have been on the car since 2000, and cost me IIRC about $40 each mounted and balance. The "sr" means they are steel belted radial. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~