Chris
I'll second your recommendation of the Cooper 165/15 tires. There are some
off brand tires in that size and everyone I know who has used them have had
to take them off . A friend trashed a set of "Jupiter's" after one a week
of use because of the poor handling.
I've used the Coopers for 6 years with no problems and good wear.
Price is about 50 -60 dollars.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From "Chris Bohn" <cbohn at sidepipe.com>
To: <ScharfR@aol.com>; <timipurdy@citlink.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: 165-15 tires for TRs
> Bob & Tim -- congrats on sticking with the 165-15 size tire for your TR4.
These are commonly referred to as
> a "metric" size and uses the default profile of @82%. This means that
ratio of the height of the sidewall
> to the width of the tire is higher than most modern tires. This gives the
tire a real "period look" and of
> course you get to experience "period handling" as well, which I believe is
a good thing.
>
> I run the Cooper Sportmaster tire, 165-15 Metric. It's all-black rubber,
good tread pattern and looks great
> on the car (mine run on original 5" ARE Silverstone wheels). I've seen
these tires on the standard disc
> wheels, too -- look great. I haven't seen them on wire wheels, someone
else may comment on that. These tires
> are reasonably priced and are supposed to last a while.
>
> --Chris
> 1964 TR4A (yeah, that's 1964, but you don't rock the DMV boat here in
CA...)
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