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HI gang, I wanted to comment on Kumho tires. They are original equipment on Ford F150's in our service fleet, so they can't be all that bad even for a Korean tire... Cars that have no floor and no seats don't need tires, but mine has them (new looking but dry-rotted). Thanks to all for the seat mechanism description, it was most timely. I have been trying to figure out how to remove them for a while! I would also like to remove the rear seat-back to make rewiring and repairing the floor rust a bit safer and easier. Thanks! Stephen J. Jackson 71 FB (drydocked) 02 F250 -----Original Message----- From: Constantino Tobio [mailto:ctobio@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 2:20 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] need new tires Kevin Guarnotta wrote: >I checked the Cooper website-they don't have any 165SR15. Am I right in >assuming that SR, stands for standard ratio, which can be replaced with 80. >So I am looking for a 165/80 15? Do you guys run any other size tire on your >cars? Any reason for not sticking with stock size? > >Cooper doesn't list anything on their website; neither does Michelin, >Continental or Goodyear. > > The S in SR is an S speed rating: 112mp/h (180Km/h). the R without an aspect ratio assumes an aspect ratio of 80, (iirc, at least in the 15") This speed rating should not be a concern for you, however. :) Michelin does make a tire: Michelin XZX blackwalls: http://www.cokertire.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=17679&cat= &page=1 At 130 a pop, probably outside your budget, though. Coker also has some goodrich tires for around $100. The Kumhos are a good price. No idea if they're any good or not, but I do know people who have used their peformance tires without much complaint. If I decide to replace the 4 Firestones on my Fasty, I may go with them in the short term. You can't beat that price, and Kumho isn't too fly-by-night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~