Bob & Tim -- congrats on sticking with the 165-15 size tire for your TR4.
These are commonly referred to as
a "metric" size and uses the default profile of @82%. This means that ratio of
the height of the sidewall
to the width of the tire is higher than most modern tires. This gives the tire
a real "period look" and of
course you get to experience "period handling" as well, which I believe is a
good thing.
I run the Cooper Sportmaster tire, 165-15 Metric. It's all-black rubber, good
tread pattern and looks great
on the car (mine run on original 5" ARE Silverstone wheels). I've seen these
tires on the standard disc
wheels, too -- look great. I haven't seen them on wire wheels, someone else may
comment on that. These tires
are reasonably priced and are supposed to last a while.
--Chris
1964 TR4A (yeah, that's 1964, but you don't rock the DMV boat here in CA...)
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