I'd like to buy tires from Tirerack.com how do I measure the width?
I'll be putting them on my 5" ARE Libres, thanks to Alan Fisher for
finding lugnuts for them via Minimania.
Lin
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I don't have much too add. I am running Firestone 155/80's.
> The only downside is that I have white walls that I have turned
> on the inside. I picked these up locally, I think they were
> about $55 each.
>
> I don't thing I would go over 165 on the width to prevent rub issues.
> I think the bugeye is more susceptible to this of the front btw.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/bt246gm
>
> What I want to say is that I could not find a tire place that
> would deal with tires/tubes on wire rims.
>
> So I was then forced to do all the mounting by myself.
> After having gone through all of this, I would say that I would
> now still do it all myself even if I did not have wire wheels.
>
> I bought a couple tire irons from harbor freight.
> It's actually pretty easy to mount the tire on the rim yourself.
> It's like changing a bicycle tire! I would not do this on my
> Ford Explorer with 16 inch rims, but the little Spidget rim
> is very DIY doable.
>
> So from here on out, I'm just going to order my tire of choice
> from tirerack.com and mount them myself. Probably the Kumho
> Solus KR21 or the Sumitomo HTR T4
>
> Balancing is the only trick. In my case I happen to have a piece
> of brass that I was able to machine on the lathe to fit the center
> hub of the wire wheel. I then stuck a bubble level on this to
> static balance the wheel.
>
> Even if you could not balance the tire yourself, a local tire place
> won't charge very much for a more sophisticated dynamic balance.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steven Michelsen
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:03 PM
> To: spridgets at autox.team.net; midgetsprite at yahoogroups.com;
> EasternOshitGroup at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Spridgets] round and round on tires (g)
>
> Another post about tires - sorry.
>
> I am in the market for tires for my '78 with Minilite rims. I am hoping to
> stay away from 175's, to avoid any risk of rubbing.
>
> I see that tirerack has Sumitomo HTR T4s for cheap (165/70r13), though I
> think this may be the tire some folks are not impressed with...
>
> Universal tire has two 145/70r13 tires, which I believe was the OEM size.
> Any advantage/disadvantage to going with one of these?
>
> Tirebuyer.com has Bridgestone Potenza 165/65r13 for $78 - never heard of
> that one, or if the "65" bit is OK.
>
> Any opinions on any of these is appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> Steve
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