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Subject: Tire Mounting
From: "Rob C Swift" <RSwift@AVMTOnline.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 00:02:07 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"
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Hello All,

        Has anyone had any trouble with tire dealerships refusing to mount 
tires on
stock TR6 rims?  I just had a local dealer refuse because the rims lack a
safety ridge to keep the tires from pushing inward.  They say that I must
use inner tubes to be correct (safe).  I know that the BF Goodrich's that
were on the car previously did not have tubes in them, and I never had a
problem.  Do I need to ask for inner tubes, or is this just something that
the big tire companies lawyers are making them do?

        Also, I am planning on putting on 195/60/15's on.  I know that to be as
close to the orig. overall tire diameter as possible I should use 195/65's,
but I am thinking that I will like the performance and looks of the 60's
better.  Will there be a noticable difference in speedometer accuracy?  Or
for that matter, am I just fooling myself on the difference in performance?

Rob Swift
'75 TR6


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