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Originally Posted by terryh
I have balanced the tires, but I don't understand the need for steel valve stems. What is wrong with the rubber ones? I haven't found Kuhmo tires anywhere. Do narrower tires have any advantage? I wonder why the load range D tires are narrower than the original equipment tires.
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Terry, I hope you are ready for some reading.
You can find the Kumho Euro tires at
www.tirerack.com or here:
http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...38&postcount=9
and all down the page here:
http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...t=kumho&page=2
and here (all mixed in with 22 pages of posts)
http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...&postcount=130
The Euro tire sizing (195/R14C Load Range D) is different from the metric tire sizing (215/75R14) and is explained here:
http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...85&postcount=7
Here is just a few posts on the advantages/reasons of metal stems:
http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...1&postcount=10
http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...se+valve+stems
You should be occupied (or overloaded with info) for a while now. Sorry
