<div dir="ltr">Hi John,<div><br></div><div>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!</div><div><br></div><div>My trailer has 155/70R12 tyres on alloys and the tyres won't fit the back of our standard Mk1 Austin. </div><div><br></div><div>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! <br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Brett Nicholson (bnicho)<br>Greendale, Victoria, Australia.<br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 11:00 AM John Lieberman <<a href="mailto:jlieberman37@comcast.net">jlieberman37@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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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.<br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
JL<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail-m_305689096128737512moz-cite-prefix">On 9/16/2019 6:56 AM, Brett Nicholson
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Hi,
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir="auto">165/70R12 will foul on the rear trailing arm
bracket. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">All that will definitely fit and clear that
bracket is 145/70R12, 165/60R12 or 165/55R12. </div>
<div dir="auto"><br>
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<div dir="auto">Cheers,</div>
<div dir="auto">Brett.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 16 Sep. 2019, 8:43 pm
T.A.J.M. van den Bogaard, <<a href="mailto:T.A.J.M.vdnBogaard@uvt.nl" target="_blank">T.A.J.M.vdnBogaard@uvt.nl</a>>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
<br>
I'd go for 165/60 because of experience on my old spi Cooper<br>
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 ;-)<br>
<br>
FWIW,<br>
Theo van den Bogaard<br>
<br>
<br>
<a href="https://tiresize.com/calculator/" rel="noreferrer
noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tiresize.com/calculator/</a><br>
165/60 vs 70<br>
19.8 vs 21.1 dia<br>
3.9 vs 4.5 sidewall<br>
62.2 vs 66.2 circum<br>
1019 vs 957 revs/mile<br>
<br>
165/60<br>
145/70<br>
19.8 vs 20 dia<br>
3.9 vs 4 sidewall<br>
62.2 vs 62.8 circum<br>
1019 vs 1009 revs/mile<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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Subject: [Mini] Tire sizes<br>
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I think I know the answer to this question before I ask
it...but...<br>
<br>
The '81 Mini that I imported to the US from England earlier
this year<br>
has 165/70R12 tires (or tyres!) on it. One of them has a slow
leak and<br>
another has a split around part of the sidewall. So I'm
looking into<br>
new tires all the way around. I can get 165/70 Nankangs here
in the US<br>
for less than $50 per tire. But I'd really like to go with
165/60 Yoko<br>
A539s. However, to do that, I would have to import them from
across the<br>
pond and pay considerably more.<br>
<br>
If you had a choice between 165/70 and 165/60, which would you
choose<br>
for a street-driven car and why?!?<br>
<br>
JL<br>
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