[Mini] Tire sizes

[John Lieberman]

That's strange, Brett, because this car has 165/70R12s on it right now 
and they don't foul in any way.  Maybe it's because of the offset of the 
wheels that they're mounted on.  I don't know what kind of wheels they 
are because they have a Union Jack decal covering the center cap, but 
they look a lot like Minilites.

I need to get this thing up on a lift so I can get underneath it and 
take a closer look at what has and hasn't been done to the suspension.  
I'm at least the 12th owner since this car was new in '81, according to 
the paperwork I got when I bought it, so there's no telling what all has 
been done to it by previous owners.

JL


On 9/16/2019 6:56 AM, Brett Nicholson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 165/70R12 will foul on the rear trailing arm bracket.
>
> All that will definitely fit and clear that bracket is 145/70R12, 
> 165/60R12 or 165/55R12.
>
> Cheers,
> Brett.
>
> On Mon, 16 Sep. 2019, 8:43 pm T.A.J.M. van den Bogaard, 
> <T.A.J.M.vdnBogaard at uvt.nl <mailto:T.A.J.M.vdnBogaard at uvt.nl>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I'd go for 165/60 because of experience on my old spi Cooper
>     That came originally with 145/70 12's;  table beneath here also
>     shows there's less difference to the original in that choice ..
>     apart from that I think 165/60 is better available here in the
>     Netherlands ;-)
>
>     FWIW,
>     Theo van den Bogaard
>
>
>     https://tiresize.com/calculator/
>     165/60 vs 70
>     19.8 vs 21.1 dia
>     3.9 vs 4.5 sidewall
>     62.2 vs 66.2 circum
>     1019 vs 957 revs/mile
>
>     165/60
>     145/70
>     19.8 vs 20 dia
>     3.9 vs 4 sidewall
>     62.2 vs 62.8 circum
>     1019 vs 1009 revs/mile
>
>
>
>
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>     Subject: [Mini] Tire sizes
>
>     I think I know the answer to this question before I ask it...but...
>
>     The '81 Mini that I imported to the US from England earlier this year
>     has 165/70R12 tires (or tyres!) on it.  One of them has a slow
>     leak and
>     another has a split around part of the sidewall.  So I'm looking into
>     new tires all the way around.  I can get 165/70 Nankangs here in
>     the US
>     for less than $50 per tire.  But I'd really like to go with 165/60
>     Yoko
>     A539s.  However, to do that, I would have to import them from
>     across the
>     pond and pay considerably more.
>
>     If you had a choice between 165/70 and 165/60, which would you choose
>     for a street-driven car and why?!?
>
>     JL
>
>
>
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