# Tires for 1974 Beetle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-for-1974-beetle/8357>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** beetle, tires\
**Created:** [December 15, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-for-1974-beetle/8357 "2007-12-15T20:02:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![infoseaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@infoseaker](https://community.cartalk.com/u/infoseaker)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-for-1974-beetle/8357/1 "2007-12-15T20:02:11Z")

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I cannot find tires for my 1974 Beetle - 165/R15. Apparently P165/75R15 and P175/70R/15 will work, but having trouble even finding them. Any other options for tire size, and where I might find them. I live in the Washington, DC area. Thanks. Ted

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**Author:** ![MishaA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mishaa/32/569_2.png) [@MishaA](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MishaA)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-for-1974-beetle/8357/2 "2007-12-15T20:12:08Z")

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[http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?loadRank=2&width=165%2F&ratio=80&diameter=15&vehicleSearch=true&startIndex=0&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&RunFlat=All&x=68&y=10](http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?loadRank=2&width=165%2F&ratio=80&diameter=15&vehicleSearch=true&startIndex=0&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&RunFlat=All&x=68&y=10)

they are on a backorder though…

[http://www.vwparts.net/165tire.html](http://www.vwparts.net/165tire.html) - a bit more expensive, but they seem to have tires in stock…

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**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-for-1974-beetle/8357/3 "2007-12-15T20:54:47Z")

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These guys have just about any size, not cheap:

[http://cokertire.com/](http://cokertire.com/)

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-for-1974-beetle/8357/4 "2007-12-16T14:48:09Z")

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[www.tirerack.com](http://www.tirerack.com)

They have some.