http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/tires/arizonian/home.do

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/tires/arizonian/product/byName.do?tmn=Premi
um+Metric&typ=Passenger%2FPerformance 

"Performance Metric" It's just listed as 165 - 15 size which throws the
locater box into "not found mode" 

looks like prices went up to $45 ea. 

Brien

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Stokes
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:32 PM
To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List
Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Bug Tires

Brien,
No tire supply store, either local or on line that I have found has  
listed Arizonian tires.

Nick
On Jun 18, 2008, at 8:24 PM, Brien wrote:

> My off brand Arizonian tires routinely give me 50,000+ miles on a  
> tire I pay
> $33 each for! I say it every time this thread comes up and still am  
> the sole
> responder using these tires.
>
> Brien
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Stokes
> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:14 PM
> To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Bug Tires
>
> That's what my local "Tire City" told me.
>
>  I bought a set of Dunlops there for my '70 about six years ago but
> they told me none of the major manufacturers were making that size
> anymore but they could order Kumho or Nankang.  He told me that many
> now use TireRack to order the "off-brands".
>
> Nick
> On Jun 18, 2008, at 2:40 AM, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote:
>
>> *IF* you can grab the right person at your local Discount Tire they
>> can
>> order any tire made by any manufacturer's line that they carry. Even
>> if
>> not normally imported.
>>
>> My '66 has Continental Euro spec 195/60-15 on the back and 175/55-15
>> on
>> the front. I'll be going to a 155 on the front as soon as I verify
>> clearances and get my Centerline wheels to quit leaking.
>>
>> G2
>>
>> Bert Knupp wrote:
>>> Volks,
>>>
>>> I ran into this problem last year in trying to find a set for my
>>> 1970.  Like
>>> Nick, I ended up with 5 new Kumhos that seem to be fine.  I
>>> actually ordered
>>> them through a local Firestone tire store.  I believe that Mid-
>>> America
>>> Motorworks in Illinois also sells Kumho tires by mail order.  The
>>> tires are
>>> Made in China by Kumho, a Korean company (!).  My local shop
>>> proclaimed them
>>> "fresh," though, not showing any signs of warehouse aging.
>>>
>>> I learned at the time that 165/75-R15 and the squatter 165/80-R15
>>> tires are
>>> made in the UK by B. F. Goodrich, but they are difficult to find.
>>> Goodrich
>>> reportedly does not import them to the US, though several private
>>> dealers do
>>> so.
>>>
>>> Bert Knupp in Music City USA
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas  
>>> Stokes
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 4:37 PM
>>> To: Bug List
>>> Subject: [vintagvw] Bug Tires
>>>
>>>
>>> About a year ago I tried to find tires for my daughter's '74  
>>> standard
>>> daily driver.  It was then I found out that the major tire
>>> manufacturers no longer make the size to fit our air-cooled Bugs.  A
>>> recommendation from the list for 165/80-R15s took me to TireRack
>>> where
>>> I ordered a set by Kumho to be dropped-shipped to the local dealer.
>>> These tires seem to work just fine.
>>>
>>> Last week she had a flat, causing the tire to be ruined.  Not only
>>> was
>>> the tire not available locally, all the major net companies listed
>>> the
>>> Kumho as back-ordered.  While searching I was directed to an eBay
>>> advertisement for those tires.  This ad from Buy Wheels Today of
>>> Cincinnati, OH showed about 30 available.  Knowing I needed a set  
>>> for
>>> the other Bug in the garage as well as the replacement, I ordered
>>> five.
>>>
>>> Where are other folks buying their tires these days?
>>>
>>> Nick Stokes
>>
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