I've been running 175/r-14 on the front for some time, the nearest
Goodyear franchise had them in stock as a cancelled order, and as I'd had
a blow out on tires that came with the car I took what was available. I
had 185/70 on the rear, with some rubbing on the left fender well that I
think is peculiar to body repair on my car, and replaced these at the
beginning of last summer with 175/70, which another Goodyear franchise
assured me would cure the rubbing problem.
The car handled much better with the 185/70's than it does with the
175/70's. The front tires appear to be bigger than the 175's, but I never
noticed this with the 185's.
Douglas McKinnie
'72 B-GT (Rostyle wheels)
>Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:52:01 -0700 (PDT)
>From: "Paul M." <rowman22001@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Tire diameter question
>
>I just bought a used set of painted wire wheels for my
>1971 MGB, and they have a BRAND NEW set of Michelin
>MXV's on them. The size is 175/R-14.
...
>Is anyone running 175R-14's on their MGB? I hate to
>get rid of these tires, because they have less than 30
>miles on them. Absolutely perfect. Am I going to
>have anything irritating, like rubbing the rear fender
>well or an ugly "lifted" look?
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