Large tire/big meats - Stock suspension Bus thread

[TDCTDI]

The Bus beam is bolted in differently (from the sides instead of front to back.) but I guess someone could elongate a few of the holes but that would cause issues with the steering arm (ain't going to be me though.).
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[chrome]

I ran 215/75/15 on my old 70 westy & the same on my 68 double cab without any problems had 73-79 disk brakes & ran the Wolfgang 3/4" 5x112 to 2x205 wheel adapters up front tires were mounted on bus 15" rims not bug rims that I see in your photo
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57 T1 ragtop
58 ghia vert
68 fastback
71 T2 sunroof
63 mercury meteor wagon
54 flxible visicoach

[epayne611]

Just received my Starfire (Cooper) sf510s. 27x8.5x14.
Date code is December 2014, what do you guys think is an acceptable date for new tires?

[rusbus]

I just installed these E78-14 STA Super Traxion Tires on my 1965 Danish army highroof. Most of the military-style tires on the vintage vehicle market are only available for larger wheel diameters. But the STA Super Traxions have the appropriate look and are available for 14" rims. According to my measurements they looked like they would fit, but it still felt like a bit of a gamble investing in a setup that hadn't been very well proven. I did find pics of one person running this setup, however, so thanks to Samba member dropgatedrinkery for posting pics of your single cab. These tires fit perfectly for me; no issues at all. Even the spare fits great behind the driver's seat.

[BarryL]

Baaad to the bone. How do they sound?

[Peter_N]

Killer combo of those tires on such a mean looking bus!
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[swharris]

Has anyone tried this <gasp> RETREAD? Looks like a pleasing aggressive tread and I think it's a radial...not sure though. They have multiple sizes but this one is a 205/65R15 (26x26x7)

$86 bucks
https://www.tirerecappers.com/tires/mud-terrain-tires/p23575r15-retread-all-star-ms-2/

This one looks even better, but is taller

$65 bucks
https://www.tirerecappers.com/tires/mud-terrain-tires/p23575r15-retread-all-star-ms-2/

[d-rick]

I have had two sets of these...one on a s.c. ...then another set I purchased for my '59 mango..which I have yet to drive.
I did take the ones from the '59 and put them on my '66 13window for campout trip this winter..put about 200 miles on them.Not much to say other than they were loud on the hwy ..look pretty boss but will prob go a different route for the longhaul on the '59

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1968 cig-panel *1/2
1968 passenger bus *1/2
1969 beetle
1969 dormobile
1978 sage green Westy
1990 DoKa

[mandraks]

235/75/15 was the stock size on my little mazda b3000 (ford ranger). upgraded that to 265/75/15, a 30 inch tire.
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[cdennisg]

[RWK]

Also on tire age, you won't be able to get repairs on them when they reach 10 years old,shops wont touch them. I normally don't wear out tire's before they get too old, just replaced my bug tires 27 years old!
One of the 5 I just bought was almost 2 years old, made them get a new one.
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[epayne611]

The 4 year old starfires I purchased were off eBay. These came from a large tire dealer who assured me in an email beforehand that all their tires were fresh ( I had asked for date codes...they wouldn’t give them). It was a bit of a battle getting them to take them back, I copied them on their own email and they finally agreed. I had also called up a bunch of tire mounting places and none would mount tires that were 4 years old.
I then called up simpletire, lady said she couldn’t check date codes either. I told her what I went through with the eBay seller. She then called warehouses and found fresh tires. She manually put the order in so that it would pull the tires from the farther warehouse with the newer tires.
I really like the look of the starfires, plus they are much taller than what I was running so the bus looks much better proportioned.

[cdennisg]

[High Octane]

225/75/15 was the biggest I could get on the stock height Westy.

[PDX db]

Those look nice! Look smaller than the 215 I've seen posted

[Alan Brase]

[PDX db]

I really wanted to run 15" on my 65, but those click so many boxes! And fit in the spare tire well....

[PDX db]

After going thru all these, and other pages, and chatting with several peeps, I picked my tires. 205 75 15 Firestone Destination A/T. Pictured is the front tire that came on the bus.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=704860