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Wiggy
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Careful. All of those tires are motorcycle tires. The will fit on the 16" VW rim, but you get about a 1" wide contact patch.... and your split will look like iit is running on 4 motorcycle tires (which it would be). VERY unsafe tire for a car, load rating might not be suitable either... |
Yeah, the OG owner of my split - put motorcycle tires on....looks goofy as hell. Can tell because the whitewalls are also on the INSIDE of the tire!
Drives ok though.
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Towel Rail
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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Careful. All of those tires are motorcycle tires. The will fit on the 16" VW rim, but you get about a 1" wide contact patch.... and your split will look like iit is running on 4 motorcycle tires (which it would be). VERY unsafe tire for a car, load rating might not be suitable either... |
Well I'll be... I was sure *some* of them were car tires!
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Wiggy
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VDubMattStuart
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| I thought about White walls, they aren't really correct for early, non American Bugs are they? |
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johnshenry 
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That is probably what I'll get too Kev, when my Avon Tuourists wear out. I agree, WW's don't look good on splits, but I love them on my oval.....
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Wiggy
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| Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:13 am Post subject: |
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| I thought about White walls, they aren't really correct for early, non American Bugs are they? |
I have the original spare tire for my 55 convertible and it has a whitewall.
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Dave Haviland
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Kevin,
How big is the whitewall on your spare?
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| VDubMattStuart wrote: |
| I thought about White walls, they aren't really correct for early, non American Bugs are they? |
I have the original spare tire for my 55 convertible and it has a whitewall. |
I thought whitewalls were available on convertibles?
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Dave Haviland
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From what I know, split convertibles had blackwalls. I have five for mine (doesn't make it right though).
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Wiggy
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From what I know, split convertibles had blackwalls. I have five for mine (doesn't make it right though).
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Here is a picture of it. I've gotta find the damn thing. Obvoiusly its the one on the left!
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