[Mini] Tire sizes
T VS
tkmvs at hotmail.com
Wed Sep 18 03:48:38 MDT 2019
Excuse jumping in with out knowing all the details but later cars had drums with built-in spacers. Could this be the reason?
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Subject: Re: [Mini] Tire sizes
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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