John,
I will let you know when I have it on the road in mid august. Theory says
that the diameter of the tire [26.25] and the width [185mm] of the body and
the width of the trad [5.5inched] should be fine for BJ8. There was a posting
recently that talked about early vs late front fender space - as I remenber
the early cars have a smaller fender well and are more susceptible to rubbing
on a turn.
I am comfortable that I will be fine.
Robert.
Robert N. Blair 65 Yellow BJ8 rnbmail@yahoo.com
--- On Sat, 7/19/08, John Soderling <jsoderling@astound.net> wrote:
> From: John Soderling <jsoderling@astound.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 Wheels & Tires...... decision made.
> To: "Robert Blair" <rnbmail@yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 9:11 PM
> Robert,
> I'm interested in knowing how 185/80R15 tires work out
> on your car. I was
> thinking of getting that size when I bought new tires for
> my Healey four
> years ago and was told that they were too big for the
> Healey and the front
> tires would rub the wheel wells when turning sharply.
> Please let me know how they work out.
> Thanks.
> John
> 100-6 Erika the Red
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Blair" <rnbmail@yahoo.com>
> To: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Cc: <lucashly@comcast.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 8:52 PM
> Subject: [Healeys] BJ8 Wheels & Tires...... decision
> made.
>
>
> > Listers,
> >
> > Thanks for all the chit-chat on the question of which
> combo is best.
> >
> > Rightly or wrongly I made my decision in favor of
> Dayton 15x5 chrome
> > wires,
> > Vredestein 185x15 tires - not the 185/70x15. Thought
> you would be anxious
> > to
> > know :-)
> >
> > Here is how its looking in Yellow/Red ....notice the
> push button starter.
> >
> > Will report tire driving impressions in late August
> after Monterey.
> >
> > Robert N. Blair 65 Yellow BJ8 rnbmail@yahoo.com
> >
> >
> > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type
> image/pjpeg which had a name
> > of 100_6247.JPG]
> >
> > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type
> image/pjpeg which had a name
> > of 100_6249.JPG]
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