[Healeys] Tires

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Tue Oct 10 19:45:43 MDT 2017


on 48 spoke rims, i would only use 165s.... as it keeps the wheel very
light and perfect for the 100 handling.

Frankly speaking the 100 on 48s/165s is a pure delight to drive through
spirited curves, etc., compared to having 185s/60/72 spokes on the six.

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Curtis Arndt <cnaarndt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> The wheels on the two car photos that I sent are 60 spoke, so they are
> 4.5" wide.
>
> I went with the XAS 165X15 for several reasons... this was the original
> size radial for the 100s, I liked the look better than the 180X15 tires in
> the wheel arches, and they have a nice light feel when driving (they're
> lighter), but it's all very subjective and the 180s are great too.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt
>
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Those look great.  What rim width?
>>
>> re: "Recommendations for a tire shop in Southern California that knows
>> how to mount and balance wire wheels?"
>>
>> Check local motorcycle shops.  I got the best balancing job ever from one.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> On 10/10/2017 10:05 AM, Bluehealey wrote:
>>
>> Yup. What Michael said. As fitted to* BlueHealey* (attached)
>>
>> AlanB
>>
>>
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>> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
>> <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net>] *On Behalf Of *Michael Oritt
>> *Sent:* 10 October 2017 11:40
>> *To:* Ron Fine
>> *Cc:* Austin Healey
>> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Tires
>>
>>
>>
>> Get 180 XAS's instead.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best--Michael Oritt
>>
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>> On Oct 4, 2017 7:06 PM, "Ron Fine" <ronfineesq at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hello list.  It has been awhile since I had a question for the group.
>>
>>
>>
>> I need to replace my 12 year old Michelin ZX175R15 tires on my ‘61Austin
>> Healey with modern tubeless wire wheels.
>>
>>
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>> The only ones I can find that are close to that size are Michelin XZX
>> 165SR15 or Vredestein 165HR15.
>>
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>> Opinions on these??
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>>
>>
>> Recommendations for a tire shop in Southern California that knows how to
>> mount and balance wire wheels?
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>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron Fine
>>
>> 61BN7
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