Pump them up!

Looks good. 

-craig 

On Sep 30, 2012, at 9:40 AM, pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Got our new wheels on the van finally.
> 
> These are the 16" forged aluminum wheels on some 98-00 Mercedes CLK's.
> (Ours are powedercoated white.)
> 
> Photos:
> http://wesandmaria.com/vanagon/images/wheels1.jpg
> http://wesandmaria.com/vanagon/images/wheels2.jpg
> 
> Tires are 215 60 R16 XL Nokian WR G2's.  Center caps are from
> http://www.t3technique.com/
> 
> We have a set of 5 wheels/tires, and the best part is, the fifth fits in
> the stock tire location using the van-cafe carrier, without other
> modifications:
> http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_348_129/oversized_spare_tire_carrier.html
> 
> 
> These are nice and quiet and the ride is great!  Mostly, I'm happy to be
> able to be able to get the all-weather severe service emblem Nokian tires.
> The shrinking selection of Nokians in 14 inch sizes was the whole catalyst
> for the wheel change, actually.
> 
> Right now I have them at 40psi but thinking of going to 45psi.  (Sidewall
> says 51psi.)  Any thoughts on that?