Listers,
Following all the tire size quesions and answers, if interested you can see my
BJ8 with 185x15 [not 185/70x15] Vred on 5 inch rims as the Yellow February car
in the 2011 AHCUSA Calender. I have lowered the rear by 2 inches to get rid
of the dreaded BJ8 gap between the tire and the fender top. It is now
concentric as earlier cars.
Robert N. Blair Yellow 65BJ8 RNBmail@yahoo.com
--- On Wed, 2/16/11, Dave Murphy <roadwarriordave@hotmail.com> wrote:
> From: Dave Murphy <roadwarriordave@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Vredestein Sprint Classic
> To: pajtamuvek@gmail.com, "healeys @autox.team.net"
<healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 3:28 PM
> I have put 185R-15 Vredestein Sprint
> Classic tyres on my '66 BJ8 with 4-1/2"
> wide 60 spoke chrome wires. I like them very much. I've
> experienced no
> vibration or tracking problems. Ride and road holing are
> improved over the old
> 165R-15s.
>
> I definitely would have needed wider rims if I had bought
> of the 185/70 -15
> Vreds, due to their shorter less compliant sidewalls, and
> their wider tread
> would threaten to throw more stones at the sides of my
> car.
>
> My 185R-15 Vreds with their taller more flexible sidewalls
> mount very well on
> the narrower 4-1/2" rims. Mounting these 80 series
> tires (installer said they
> are really 82 series) aspect ratio on the 4-1/2" rims
> results in a slightly
> narrower installation than if they were mounted on a 5" rim
> and this perhaps
> helps keeps my front tires from rubbing in the front
> wheelwell of my car (as
> some listers have reported).
>
> After 1000 miles of use, the only evidence of any rubbing
> of any of the 4
> tires is at the bottom rear corner of the rocker panel in
> front of the rear
> wheel. The larger diameter of the tire has apparently
> scuffed off a tiny area
> of paint when the wheel has extended fully downward when
> dropping into a pot
> hole. The contact was obviously a glancing one when the car
> is driven forward
> over bumps. I'm careful not to backup over bumps quickly
> when the contact
> might be more threatening.
>
> I think the narrow and tall look of these 185R-15 tires
> really suits my car
> (-fills up the wheel wells better). I like the slight
> increase in tread width
> over the old 165s and the increased ride height. Their 4.9%
> larger diameter
> over the 165s has slightly increased my fuel mileage and I
> find I'm needing to
> use first gear more than before.
> -David Murphy, Michigan
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