Heh heh....!
Spoken like a man with experience.
--- On Sun, 4/18/10, Dave Munroe <dave@munroe.ca> wrote:
From: Dave Munroe <dave@munroe.ca>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Blow out
To: "Steve Laifman" <slaifman@socal.rr.com>, "David T Johnson"
<djoh797014@yahoo.com>, "Tiger's Den" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010, 2:53 PM
Steve:
Thanks for the wheel pics.
I put 15" Minilites on my Tiger, with Yokohama 60's on the front and
50's on the rear. Zero clearance problems. They look nice, and stick like glue
to the road.
However, there is a price to pay for the increased performance. They
severely stiffen up the ride, particularly over the bumps and potholes we have
to live with here in the east. I have Konis on all four corners, and have
worked my way back to full soft on the damping adjustment, and the ride is
still extremely uncomfortable on long trips over not-so-smooth roads.
The large sidewalls on the original 13" wheels provide a much more
compliant, "honey-in-the-other-seat-approved" ride.
I would advise anyone who plans to put new wheels on their car to
consider the use to which it will be put. If actually driving it on long trips
with a critical co-pilot is in the plans, choose accordingly.
Dave
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