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Re: Tire recommendation

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Subject: Re: Tire recommendation
From: Jackson Krall <jackson_krall@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:30:53 -0700 (PDT)
Lisa and Mark, This size is getting very hard to find.
I've bought several 165/15 "Euro Metric" from PepBoys
for about $35 each. I don't know what the speed rating
is but so far so good. JK BN1,2,7,BJ8,AN5,MGC,TD   
--- lisa and mark <bugtop@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello list,
> I did a search in the archives but didn't come up
> with quite the info I'm
> looking for.  I have Michelin XZX's that are
> probably 20 years old, on my
> BJ8, they're tubeless and hold air well so I'll
> probably stay with tubeless.
> The tires are 165 SR 15.  I couldn't find that size
> at Tire rack online.
> Questions:
> Is there a more modern size designation to 165 SR
> 15?
> Any thoughts on putting on a 175 size tire on these
> rims?
> Finally, can some folks give their tire brand and
> model recommendations? I'm
> looking in the  range of $30-40, and am not
> interested in period correct
> reproductions. 
> 
> Also I plan to sandblast the rims and paint them
> with moss's wheel paint.
> 
> Currently I'm replacing all four springs and getting
> the shocks rebuilt at
> World Wide Auto Parts.  When I pulled off the front
> shocks and cleaned them
> up a bit they still had the brown and white paint
> swipes I read about in the
> Anderson/Moment restoration guide.  Pretty neat to
> see that original stuff.
> I had the kingpins replaced earlier, and I'm also
> replacing the lower A arm
> bushings now.  I should have a tight and beautiful
> looking suspension after
> this.
> 
> Thanks for the reply,
> Mark Buggy
> '67 BJ8
> '67 BMW CS coupe  
> 
> 


                
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