FWIW: Not sure about the what you can use with the Rostyle's, but I'm
running Pirelli P600 185 65R14's on 14 x 5 .5 wire wheels. No clearance
poroblems. Nice tire (recommendation of the list a few years back, not sure
if they are still made), quiet and plenty of grip for a street tire.
Jeff
'70B
----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Heim" <mvheim@attbi.com>
To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: '70 MGB Need new tires - but what size
> 175SR14, certainly. Or 185/70-14. 185SR14 would be very large in diameter,
> affecting the speedo reading, and possibly having clearance issues.
>
> on 6/26/03 7:33 PM, John Graham at theklube@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > I have a '70 MGB Roadster that needs new tires. The old ones are
starting
> > to show dry rot on the sidewalls.
> >
> > The existing ones are 165SR14 on the original Rostyle wheels. I think
that
> > I saw a note in the list somewhere that said that I could go up to
185SR14.
> > Does anyone out there have experience or recommendations to pass along?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > John Graham
> > '70 MGB - the green one
> > Charlotte, NC
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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