Frank, Last summer I purchased 4 Avon 165 R14 84S from a local garage (they
ordered the tires) for my 80B. They allow me to turn the car quicker in
good weather than the 185 tires that were previously on the car.In snow
the car handles quite poorly though and find people often get aggrevated
and have to pass me. Next winter will probably have another set of snow
tires.Overall I am satisfied, since I need to drive 10 min to work.
Good luck, Phil.
On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Frank Sperling III
wrote:
> Michelin no longer makes XZX's in 165SR14 size. The tire molds were
> bought by some company back east that specializes in doing just
> that...buying old tire molds and making the tires in limited amounts.
> That's why the tire you're looking for is so expensive. I bought
> one last year to replace an xzx that blew. It seems to perform
> just fine.
>
> > From: "Sluis, John" <jsluis@iastate.edu>
> > To: "'MGs'" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: Tires for B's
> > Date: Mon, 11 Mar 96 10:34:00 CST
> > Reply-to: "Sluis, John" <jsluis@iastate.edu>
>
> >
> > I'm looking to find replacement tires for my MGB. I live in central Iowa
> > and haven't found any stores that carry the origional type tires. It
> > appears my 80B came with Dunlop SP4's 165SR14 . At this point, I've found
> > two sources for this tire size, this being Coker tire selling Michelins
>($98
> > ea.)and a company in California selling Avons in this size.
> >
> > Is there anyone with the Dunlops available?
> >
> > Is there a less expensive source for Michelins?
> >
> > Is there a Pirelli tire in this size?
> >
> >
>
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