Tom
I got four new Bridgestone SF373's - normal road tyres - in June 1999 for my
35-year old Minilites. They are 185/70R13s. I suggest you might check out a
few of your North American distributors' web sites for availability.
Colin Mills
B9473407
Switzerland
Tom Witt wrote:
> I have heard the statement on this list a number of times that 13" tires are
> not available and in the case of this reply "the only 13" tires you can get
> are DOT race tires (Kumho, Hoosier, BF Goodrich ".
> I have a set of 13" Cosmic wheels. Is there no chance of finding say 195
> or 205 - 60 13's for these wheels? What about in 70 series? Just what is the
> availability of 13" tires. I will be not looking for killer street tires (or
> to autocross in), just something that will be acceptable to the somewhat
> budget minded (when I get my car done of course). Tom Witt B9470101
>
> ----- 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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