[Healeys] 185/70/15 tyre doesn't fit in the boot.

[Richard Collins]

Hope I never need to use the 165 as it is OLD...The 185's are Vredensteins and
new.
RVC
Regards, Richard C, via my Blackberry

-----Original Message-----
From: pennell at cox.net
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 02:42:24
To: <derek.c.job at gmail.com>; <gonnagitcha90 at hotmail.com>;
<Healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 185/70/15 tyre doesn't fit in the boot.

I do likewise on my BN7 Richard.  165 on a disc wheel by the way.

Keith

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Richard Collins  <gonnagitcha90 at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> I run 185 tires and
have a 165 as the spare on my BN7. And, it is a tight
> fit...
> Regards,
Richard C, via my Blackberry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Job
<derek.c.job at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:57:50
> To:
<Healeys at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Healeys] 185/70/15 tyre doesn't fit in
the boot.
> 
> I guess from the many threads on tyre sizes a lot of you are
running around
> with 185/70/15 tyres. I am and I have one as a spare, and it
won't fit in
> the
> boot if you use the standard wood block/wire bar/leather
strap set up.
> 
> When I
> got the car the spare was jury rigged with an eye
bolt, some
> polyester type
> ribbon tape and a ratchet to tighten it to the
the strut at
> the centre rear of
> the boot. Not very pretty and  I saw this
as a nice
> little job to upgrade to
> standard and bought the missing parts.
I fitted the
> block and bar after some
> difficulty in removing frozen nuts
being used to
> keep the eye bolt in place on
> the rear bulkhead, only to
then studpidly
> discover that I couldn't close the
> boot lid when I put the
spare tyre in!
> Idiot,
> 
> Just wondering what others do
> in this position.
I don't want to go out and
> buy a narrower wheel and 165 tyre
> but I do like
the look of the leather
> strap and bar set up. I was thinking of
> just
ditching the wooden block and
> attaching the bar directly to the bulkhead
>
or using just a thin piece of
> plywood in between. The couple of inches
gained
> will be enough to allow the
> boot lid to close. Any other ideas?
>
> Derek
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