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 _me_
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 09:50 AM |
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Rear Tyres
Time to get some new rear tyres for my bug. The rain this weekend made the back end slide going round corners...
You guys got any info on whats good, what to avoid? and $$$ i'm expecting to pay? - I run my bug as a daily driver so need something for that...
Currently have Hancock 15" 195/65s on the rear...
thanks in advance
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Joel
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 06:16 PM |
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what rims?
please tell me that 195/65s are fitted on wider rims not stock pizza cutters.....
that is way to wide for stock 4 and 4.5" rims
you can safely get away with 185/60s on stock 4.5", i had that on front of my bug for a while but a freinds 63 has them on the stock 4" and theyre
really to wide for that width, the walls are really ballooned out on it
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 07:17 PM |
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Joel is right,they are too wide for std rims as well as ballooning they suck up in the centre giving less road contact and more roll on the rims under
cornering.there are plenty of good rims and tyres available at reasonable prices.
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_me_
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 09:54 PM |
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heh, no - they're deep chromies...
All good - i got them shod in GoodYears this arvo.
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 10:05 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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The rain this weekend made the back end slide going round corners...
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Only cure for that is amputation of the right foot 
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 10:26 PM |
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I used to run 245/60/15 on my 65 VWFREAK Beetle and the rear end never stepped out once without a reason 
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| posted on April 21st, 2009 at 07:39 PM |
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Glad to see that you did have a set of decent wheels that suited the tyre size.Bug looks nice too.Cheers
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| posted on April 21st, 2009 at 08:32 PM |
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Road looks dry, now I'm trying to figure the relationship between the car and the double lines, cool looking bug tho.
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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