A friend of mine was asking for help getting new tires for her bone-stock 67
Midget. It has 165R13s on 13 x 4 wire wheels. She lives in the wilds of
Greenwich Village (far from the suburban world of Pep Boys and Walmart), and
she is having a hard time finding that size, or even 165/70R13, which seemed
like a logical substitution.
Two shops wanted her to go to 175/70R13, but that seems to me to be far too
wide for a 4" rim (the chart I found recommended 5" minimum for this size).
Even with an appropriate wider rim, would a 175 cause interference at acute
steering angles? I'm thinking the OEM fitment was probably 5.60-13, and
that's a big jump, especially relative to the overall width of the car.
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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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