HOT Project Grilled Cheese - '70 Riviera

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Re: HOT Project Grilled Cheese - '70 Riviera

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Love it man. Should bring it to the Euro Show next month.
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Finally found the courage to remove ceiling...... Worse than I could have imagined. Spend all last weekend decreasing my life expectancy. Ran a ton of high-pressure soap and water through the inside after removing the headliner front to rear.

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looks like you got it leveled out! looks like such a clean bus with all the rat shit out of it! no rust!!!!
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14's will leave ya stranded somewhere, they are so uncommon these days. Might want to look at bumping it up at least to 15's to get a better tire selection even though they are becoming less popular too.

I'm also trying to figure out tires for my Vanagon right now and I think I'm heading towards 15" Audi wheels with some 215/75-15's, load rated of course :)
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bane of my existence was trying to find tires for vanagons and eurovans...... its tough!
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Yeah I'm not saying that you can't find them, just saying that they are not very common anymore in any tire shops...anywhere.
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I thought this was a good collection of info:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewto ... 07&start=0
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I run the Hankooks and I did have to order them. Just order 5, problem solved!

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Re: HOT Project Grilled Cheese - '70 Riviera

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BFgoodrich all terrain TA 195/75/14.

Thats what ill get for my bus.
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