<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Bob,<br><br></div>The wheels on the two car photos that I sent are 60 spoke, so they are 4.5" wide. <br><br>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.<br><br></div>Cheers,<br><br></div>Curt<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Bob Spidell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank">bspidell@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Those look great. What rim width?</p>
<p>re: "<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Recommendations
for a tire shop in Southern California that knows how to mount
and balance wire wheels?"</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Check
local motorcycle shops. I got the best balancing job ever from
one.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<div class="m_-191553084767509876moz-cite-prefix">On 10/10/2017 10:05 AM, Bluehealey
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Yup.
What Michael said. As fitted to<i> BlueHealey</i> (attached)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">AlanB<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> Healeys
[<a class="m_-191553084767509876moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.<wbr>team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael
Oritt<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 10 October 2017 11:40<br>
<b>To:</b> Ron Fine<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Austin Healey<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Tires<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Get 180 XAS's instead. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best--Michael Oritt <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Oct 4, 2017 7:06 PM, "Ron Fine" <<a href="mailto:ronfineesq@earthlink.net" target="_blank">ronfineesq@earthlink.net</a>>
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list. It has been awhile since I had a question
for the group.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I
need to replace my 12 year old Michelin ZX175R15
tires on my ‘61Austin Healey with modern
tubeless wire wheels.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
only ones I can find that are close to that size
are Michelin XZX 165SR15 or Vredestein 165HR15.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Opinions
on these??<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Recommendations
for a tire shop in Southern California that
knows how to mount and balance wire wheels?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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