TR-4's from the same era as the Tiger used 15 inch rims. They look fine on
that car and great on a Tiger.
I wish someone were making a LAT 70 lookalike in 15 inch.
Erich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Sutter" <mjsutter@cts.com>
To: "The List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: Questions on wheels
> How many here think that 15" look strange (not period correct with 50
series
> tires) and 16" look down right silly on a Tiger?
> I understand the pragmatic implications (the only 13" tires you can get
are
> DOT race tires (Kumho, Hoosier, BF Goodrich)), but still feel the rubber
> band/rim protector-profile is only for '92 Honda Civics.
> Mike
>
>
> I am a little biased on this, I have 15" Panasports and think they look
good.
>
> Check out http://socalsaac.org and look at my Tiger on the members page,
It
> looks OK.
>
> As far as the 92 Honda rim protector opinion, those kids are just
mimicking
> the tire and wheel packages they're seeing on sports and prototype race
cars.
>
> Mike
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