I looked at Tire Rack first, but she doesn't want to have to deal with
ordering online and finding an installer. Nobody in NYC seems to be carrying
Kumhos, so far, though I specifically suggested that model, first thing.
How did you find that size, BTW? I was even on the Kumho website and I swear
I didn't see it. Tire Rack (like many sites) is annoying in that it asks you
to enter the vehicle info, and then says it has nothing, or doesn't even
list your model.
on 6/20/06 1:18 PM, Dodd, Kelvin at doddk@mossmotors.com wrote:
> Max:
>
> No affiliation, but Tire Rack is a quick place to look for availability.
>
> http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?width=155%2F&ratio=80&diamete
> r=13&startIndex=0&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&RunFlat=Al
> l&x=93&y=7
>
> Kumho Touring A/S tires are getting a good reputation in the 15" size.
> They are shown as available in 155/80-13 for $29.00 which is closer to
> the correct fitment than the 165 tire.
>
> I don't think you can go wrong with that as a recommendation.
>
>
> Kelvin.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Max Heim
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 12:19 PM
> To: MG List
> Subject: Midget tire help
>
> A friend of mine was asking for help getting new tires for her
> bone-stock 67
> Midget. It has 165R13s on 13 x 4 wire wheels. She lives in the wilds of
> Greenwich Village (far from the suburban world of Pep Boys and Walmart),
> and
> she is having a hard time finding that size, or even 165/70R13, which
> seemed
> like a logical substitution.
>
> Two shops wanted her to go to 175/70R13, but that seems to me to be far
> too
> wide for a 4" rim (the chart I found recommended 5" minimum for this
> size).
> Even with an appropriate wider rim, would a 175 cause interference at
> acute
> steering angles? I'm thinking the OEM fitment was probably 5.60-13, and
> that's a big jump, especially relative to the overall width of the car.
>
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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