[Mini] Tire sizes
John Lieberman
jlieberman37 at comcast.net
Sat Sep 28 15:30:05 MDT 2019
When I make a mistake, I'm not afraid to admit it. And, when I started
this thread, I made a HUGE one. So I'm admitting that now and
apologizing for any confusion I may have caused.
I said that my car had 165/70R12 tires on it. That's what I had written
down in my little notebook of things that I need to do or want to do to
the little car. But I hadn't really taken a close look at the car in
about a month because it's been too blasted hot -- at least a dozen days
this month where the temperature has been at or above 100F.
Now that fall is here, temperatures have dropped a little bit. So, this
morning, I retrieved Li'l Red from the self-storage facility where I
keep her and took her out for a spin to shake loose the cobwebs. Then I
brought her home to do some odds and ends that I'd been puting off.
First thing I did was take a close look at the tires and, wouldn't you
know it, they're 165/60s -- not 165/70s.
So, again, I apologize for the confusion and I thank all of you for your
input. It did make for some very interesting discussion!!!
John
On 9/16/2019 8:11 PM, Brett Nicholson wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> That's strange! Are you sure of that size? If they have a radical
> deep dish offset it may help. Perhaps someone has ground back the
> bracket as well. If that size is on there now, no reason not to use
> it again!
>
> My trailer has 155/70R12 tyres on alloys and the tyres won't fit the
> back of our standard Mk1 Austin.
>
> Aussie Mokes from late 1968 to 1982 have longer rear trailing arms to
> allow 13 inch wheels and 175R13 tyres to be fitted. When bolted up to
> a Mini it pushes the wheel centre back three or four inches, so it
> would be very obvious if they have been fitted to your Mini!
>
> Cheers,
> Brett Nicholson (bnicho)
> Greendale, Victoria, Australia.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 11:00 AM John Lieberman
> <jlieberman37 at comcast.net <mailto:jlieberman37 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
> 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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