I believe earlier 'Bs had the 155R14s and later cars
had the 165R14s. A check from Clausager would confirm that.
Gosling, Richard B wrote:
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> Thanks all.
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> Eric - I didn't realise the BGT had larger tyres than the roadster - I
> wonder why that was?? They both used the same size rims, didn't they (at
> least for the same model year)?
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> I'll check on availability and prices, but I think I'll just go with the
> original size (or closest to it), which seems to be 165/80 14's. Paul, I'll
> check out the Sumitomos and Kumhos, if those have worked well for list
> members in the past. Don't think that Kumho is a widely available brand in
> the UK, but Sumitomo should be fairly easily available.
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> I can get good prices on tyres at Costco, but they only seem to sell
> Michelin Energy tyres - from the name I assume these are biased towards
> getting improved mpg, which would imply quite a hard tyre I suppose? I'm
> not too fussed about mpg with the miles I'll be doing (even in this era of
> close to #1/litre!), so that may not be the sort of compromise that suits
> me.
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> Richard Gosling & Nancy
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