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Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:26 am

Jaygyver wrote: Just to throw this in... If your in the West of the US, "Les Schwab" has ordered 16,000 of the 165-15's back in May or June, expecting a rise in older cars getting back on the road for the gas crunch.
The set i got for the wife's '72 Super are "Nankane". They have a block type tread which i like for the NW's rain and sloppy snow we get. Not sure if they have other brands in that size. :o

Are those bias-plys from Les Schwab? Back in 1991, I got new bias-plys from Les Schwab for my 1964 Ghia. I think I paid $175 for 5 wheels, plus balancing. I prefer the ride of the bias-ply to radials.

Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:43 pm

Icy wrote: Jaygyver wrote: Just to throw this in... If your in the West of the US, "Les Schwab" has ordered 16,000 of the 165-15's back in May or June, expecting a rise in older cars getting back on the road for the gas crunch.
The set i got for the wife's '72 Super are "Nankane". They have a block type tread which i like for the NW's rain and sloppy snow we get. Not sure if they have other brands in that size. :o

Are those bias-plys from Les Schwab? Back in 1991, I got new bias-plys from Les Schwab for my 1964 Ghia. I think I paid $175 for 5 wheels, plus balancing. I prefer the ride of the bias-ply to radials.

You would... :P :roll: :wink:

Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:16 pm

Jaygyver wrote: Just to throw this in... If your in the West of the US, "Les Schwab" has ordered 16,000 of the 165-15's back in May or June, expecting a rise in older cars getting back on the road for the gas crunch.
The set i got for the wife's '72 Super are "Nankane". They have a block type tread which i like for the NW's rain and sloppy snow we get. Not sure if they have other brands in that size. :o
I work at les schwab and i asked them if they had some but they said no....

Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:27 pm

I've had a set of 4 1658015's Kuhmo's on backorder with Tire Rack for 3 months. I got a call yesterday from Larry with Tire Rack and they are/were in and went out by UPS yesterday. $40 each plus shipping, less than $50 each delivered to me. Yey!

I've seen them 'in stock' all over for $60-$80 each PLUS shipping Don't know how many they may have left, these are hard to find at a great price!

Their website still shows them on backorder. Give Larry a call at 800-428-8355 ext 221 while they last. They are a great company to do business with!

Dave

Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:09 am

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Jaygyver wrote:
Just to throw this in... If your in the West of the US, "Les Schwab" has ordered 16,000 of the 165-15's back in May or June, expecting a rise in older cars getting back on the road for the gas crunch.
The set i got for the wife's '72 Super are "Nankane". They have a block type tread which i like for the NW's rain and sloppy snow we get. Not sure if they have other brands in that size.

Quote: Brett Ross wrote: I work at les schwab and i asked them if they had some but they said no....

I'll be darn, my kid works here in the Longview Wa. store, the one on Industrial Way, when we took the wife's '72 super in to get new tires he mentioned, I think some time in june, that they told him they were going? to order that amount. Maybe just the west side got them i guess. You might try getting hold of them and see about it?

Quote: Icy wrote: Are those bias-plys from Les Schwab? Back in 1991, I got new bias-plys from Les Schwab for my 1964 Ghia. I think I paid $175 for 5 wheels, plus balancing. I prefer the ride of the bias-ply to radials.
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Yes, they are Radials. :)

Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:38 am

Can anyone comment on the difference between these two brands? I am in the market, and since these seem to be the most predominate brands avialable, I wanted some feed back.

Also, My dad was telling me that he saw on some lowrider show that they are using the same 165/80-15 on lowriders, and that they are getting hard to find. FWIW.

I can say when I was running my 70 as a daily driver in the 80's that most of my tires would dry-rot before "wearing out" the tread. I currently put about 5K a year on my current "ride" so it is not a daily, but it has seen the wet. Sorry we don't get much snow in the "heart of Dixie".

Thanks

Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:48 pm

Just ordered 2 Kumho 758's, 165x80x15, through Tires-easy.com.
They also had Nexxen and noted the quantity they had onhand for both.
FYI... http://www.tires-easy.com/
I've never used them before so we'll see how it goes.
Regards,
Don

Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:10 pm

Just checked Tire Rack, they show the Kumhos back in stock on 8/29, and only $40 a tire.

Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:35 pm

That's exactly why I was so happy to get them from Tire Rack, only $40 each. Tires-easy took my order last June, but no tires! Same with onlinetires.com.

I thought about buying a bunch to re-sell later, but don't have the space.

You can always find them somewhere, but you may pay double. Happy mounting (tires)!

Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:18 am

I'll let you know how (or if) it works with Tires-easy.
I called Tire Rack, which I normally use, two days ago and was told that if I got in line now I might have them by December, that Kumho is very slow in releasing that size.
Regards,
Don

Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:06 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=499182

Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:40 pm

jmsmilin wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=499182

Those are low profile 45 series tires.

-jeffrey

Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:38 pm

mike_the_engineer wrote: Coker is selling 175/80/R15 BF Goodrich tires for $46 each. These should work just fine on a standard 15 x 4.5 inch stock rim. I just ordered a set this week to replace my old 165R15's.

http://store.coker.com/prod/17580r15-bfg-touring-ta-qr4-bw.html I put those on my wife's Beetle, and they look and drive just fine, and she's satisfied with them. But I swear by Coker's B.F. Goodrich 165 narrow-whitewall radials. They're fantastic tires and the narrow whitewall gives a real kick-in-the-pants classic look to any stock Volkswagen.

Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:45 pm

X2 for the Coker 165 BF Goodrich with the 1/2" whitewall. It gives it a classic look, specially on later model cars.

-jeffrey

Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:16 pm

Hey all, I'm rather new to the forum and am in need of new tires for my 1972 Super. I see that there are some issues getting the 165 sr15 tire. I read somewhere that if I put on 185/60/15 that it would lower the car about one inch. I want to lower the bug, but don't have the money so I was thinking about running smaller tires, killing two birds with one stone. My question is, would it look weird to run the 185/60/15 tire since it is two inches shorter than stock? Would there be a big space between the tire and fender? Any help would be great.

-Kevin

Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:30 pm

Depending on the exact tires you buy, that size will be up to 1.7" smaller diameter, lowering the front of the car by that much. You'll also have .85" more gap above the tire.

Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:20 pm

mnussbau wrote: Depending on the exact tires you buy, that size will be up to 1.7" smaller diameter, lowering the front of the car by that much. You'll also have .85" more gap above the tire.

Thanks for the help.

-Kevin

Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:34 pm

Up in Canada we are also experiencing a problem locating tires. However some of our usual volkswagen suppliers seem to be able to get Nankang tires. I've talked to guys/girls up here who have put them on their bugs and no one has anything negative to say about them.

Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:29 pm

any more info on the tires guys i need a pair so bad but no one has them local around me my super is slammed in the front so im not sure if the kumho tires will fit i have the stock metric tires on her at the moment are the kumhos a taller tire or a shorter tire? what i have are the old sport metric tires what the guys at the tire shop call the vw tires haha no name crap

Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:36 pm

The Kuhmos, are 165/80R15, same basic tire as what it sounds like you have now.