andk5591
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Joined: August 29, 2005
Posts: 16757
Location: State College, PA
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I ended up getting a 155/80 for my spare in the 69 based Woodie. I still ended up deflating it pretty much. You can try that with your tire and if it works, get one of those $15 compressors to fill it if you need it. I have those in 2 of my cars for that reason.
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D-Dubya Manx clone - 63 Short pan,1914.
Rosie 65 bug - My mostly stock daily driver.
Woodie 69 VW woodie (Hot VWs 7/12).
"John's car" 64 VW woodie - The first ever
Maxine 61 Cal-look bug - Cindy's daily driver.
Max - 73 standard Beetle hearse project - For sale
66 bug project - Real patina & Suby conversion
There's more, but not keeping them... |
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crDaniel
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Joined: September 13, 2010
Posts: 43
Location: Portland, OR
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I received a piece of advice just before pulling the trigger on buying a 145/15 tire and having it mounted... (these are expensive tires by the way -- around as many dollars as the tire is wide i.e. $145)
The 165/80/15 just barely fit in my trunk -- it turns out that my poor bug HAD been in a front end collision despite what the PO told me and what my poor investigative skills had revealed... but the welding/repair work is actually quite good! I keep telling myself this.
I digress... someone pointed out that the 165/15 tires (note the lack of ratio height/width number) is typically sized like a 165/70/15.. I found a used 165/15 and it fit! |
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