67 beetle with all terrain tires?

[chancyisgreat]

does anyone here know of any all terrain tires I could fit my 67 beetle, without having to alter anything?

[anthracitedub]

I would try tirerack.com....find some with the same rolling radius as some 165. If your planning on driving in snow...I would go with some that have a narrow foot print...they sink down through the snow..down to the ground a little easier.

[petrol punk]

[chancyisgreat]

[glutamodo]

You could always get some Thing 14" rims and run 195/75R14 tires with them. They sell A/T tires that size, well, I know that Peerless Tires sells their Force Four A/Ts in that size, I *almost* went with those on the front of my baja last time I got tires on there.

[Russ Wolfe]

I drive 3 miles of gravel road just to get to a paved road. I live in the upper midwest, and do this year round. All I use, are name brand all season radial tires. Never had a problem.
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[glutamodo]

Russ has a good point. I've only been stuck in my 62 with just normal all-season-radial tires twice over the years, and both times it was because I got highcentered on deep snow. And wider tires are worse for straight-ahead traction, as it spreads the weight across a wider footprint.

[Russ Wolfe]

[realbugfanatic]

You could always try Coker Tire for some vintage-style military tires that fit your rims & make your bug look like a type 87.

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[chancyisgreat]

you know... before I say it. THANK YOU.
I was looking for all terrain tires, and never thought that I could actually get military type tires for my car...

THIS is exactly what I want for it.

I just emailed coker asking them what would fit my car in the military tires, without me having to get new wheels.. and if I have to, I will look into the bigger rims like the ones the thing has.

This is really great. and if the $80 dollars they have on there site will work... perfect.

[petrol punk]

[glutamodo]

I just looked up those military tires, 29.5 inches tall! Remember that would gear your tranny up a ways. And I don't know how well that large of a tire would fit into an otherwise stock car. And hopefully they handle better than the 7.00x14 farm-type tires I tried once on the back of my Baja bug. The aggresive tread, plus them being bias ply and my car being a swingaxle made it so they grabbed at every bump and crease in the road surface and the made it so the car wander horribly. Unsafe actually, so I took them off right away.

[Blu67Bug]

How about a regular set of M&S type tires? I have a set of Euro Futura 165R15 86T Metric Radials that are M + S rated. They should be available somewhere, as they came on my bug when I bought it about 5 years ago, and it came from OldBug.Com in California.
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[glutamodo]

Well, over the last 5 years, tire options for 165SR15s have really dwindled. I think all the current options out there are M+S rated, although some have more aggressive tread than others.

[realbugfanatic]

What are the class 5 & class 11 guys running on their bugs? Not sure if I remember right, but I think they run class 11 with a stock body.
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