[Mgs] MGB LE Tires

[Max Heim]

Impossible question  ;-)

In brief...

In 185/70-14, you have a pretty broad choice of contemporary passenger car
tires (not hi-performance, necessarily). But I think these are too wide to
use with wire wheels and inner tubes. That puts you back to 175/70-14 --
even less choice. But Sumitomo makes a hi-performance summer tire in these
sizes (HTR 200).

For the original sizes 155R14 and 165R14, you are limited to expensive
vintage replicas and Vredesteins, if you can find them.


--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 8/12/11 4:16 PM, 1971mgb at cox.net at 1971mgb at cox.net wrote:

> what is the best tire to use on our mgb's
> 
> 
> 
> ---- frankk12 at verizon.net wrote:
>> I encountered a similar problem on my 1980 LE a few years back. The original
>> tires were making the car very unmanageable and dangerous to drive.  There
>> was plenty of tread left on them but the rubber was seriously degraded so I
>> replaced them.
>> Why is Ed driving around the block on unsafe tires? Good thing someone else
>> didn't make that faux pas!
>> Frank Krajewski
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Betti Ann and Preston Smith" <prbasmith at gmail.com>
>> To: "Shop at " Just Brits "" <shop at justbrits.com>
>> Cc: "MG List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 6:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Mgs] MGB LE Tires
>> 
>> 
>>> Ed,
>>> 
>>> I am sure you meant to say 'would not drive ...'
>>> 
>>> I agree that they are old and probably very dangerous.  Interestingly
>>> enough, there are no cracks in the inner or outer sidewalls and there is
>>> plenty of tread left.  Having said that I am replacing them because of
>>> their age not their condition.  And yes, they should have been replaced
>>> some time ago.
>>> 
>>> Preston
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 8/12/2011 4:22 PM, Shop at " Just Brits " wrote:
>>>> Preston:
>>>> 
>>>> << I am looking for a softer ride than I am getting from the
>>>> 1996 Michelin X-Ones >>
>>>> 
>>>> ANYTHING is gonna be better than those OLD & VERY
>>>> DANGEROUS tyres ! ! !  They arr prolly like BRICKS due to
>>>> AGE ! ! !
>>>> 
>>>> I would drive the car around the block on them ! ! !