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Re: 165-15 tires for TRs

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Subject: Re: 165-15 tires for TRs
From: "Bob Nogueira" <nogera@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 23:17:18 -0500
References: <23.41119ed4.2e242e7d@aol.com> <00f301c4684b$b2e7fb40$0e0a000a@plucker>
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@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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