[Mini] Tire sizes

Sun Sep 29 02:25:49 MDT 2019

No stress John.  We all suffer from soggy memory from time to time.  :)

On Sun, 29 Sep. 2019, 7:30 am John Lieberman, <jlieberman37 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> 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>
> 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> 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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>>>
>>> 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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