[6pack] Tire Selection for 205/70/15

oliver sumton at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jun 24 11:03:28 MDT 2009


Now I'm running Yokohama 215/60 R15 94V ES100 tires. No problem on fit, even 
on the lowered suspension. They stop, corner, etc. I'm happy!  got them at 
tirerack.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Corbitt, Michael" <Michael_Corbitt at ous.edu>
To: <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:32 AM
Subject: [6pack] Tire Selection for 205/70/15


> I'm getting ready to replace my 11 year old 185/70/15 tires on my 69.
> I'm planning to replace them with a 205/70/15 on original steel rims.
> Anybody know of any problems with running a 205 on the stock rims?
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> Tire selection seems to be limited for a 205/70/15.  Maybe someday I'll
> buy a set of 16 inch wheels where the selection is much greater.
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> I'm looking for a fairly sticky set of tires and I'm not worried about
> their mileage rating.  My 11 year old tires still look almost new.  I
> have my eye on BF Goodrich TAs.  I've looked at some reviews on the web
> that indicate the tires can be pretty noisy (of course, how big a
> problem is this anyway on a TR6?).   I would be interested in knowing
> what brand and series of  205/70/15 tires some of you run that you
> particularly like.
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> Thanks.
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> Mike
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> Corvallis, OR 


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