[TR] [6pack] Still more on tires

[Ted]

Another tire that comes to mind that Classic Motorsports had also given
favorable reviews and they have wide distribution are Sumitomo tires, NFI,
TL

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:28 PM, <acekraut11 at aol.com> wrote:

>  Hi Joe,
>
> I actually compiled a survey awhile back on what people were using for
> tires.? Then a couple years later I tried to coerce another survey from the
> list but this time I received very few responses, certainly not enough to
> compile into a representative list.? I did place the results from the
> original survey on the triumphowners.com web site listing of my car.? If
> you go to the site scroll down to the wheel survey near the bottom.? There
> are tire results there as well.
>
> triumphowners.com/108
>
> I had originally purchased some Yokohama Avid tires in 205/65/15 and was
> satisfied with their performance but they wore out very quickly.? This last
> time I purchased some Falken Tires ZIEX ZE-912 205/65R15 from discount tire
> online.? Bob Danielson gave me the information that Grassroots Motorsports
> reviewed them and had good things to say about them.? Other sources on the
> web had mostly positive things to say about them including that they would
> last longer than 10k miles.? I have not put many miles on them at this point
> but have nothing bad to say about them so far.
>
> Aaron
> Aaron Cropley
> 71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
> http://www.triumphowners.com/108
> 2002 Mini Cooper S
> Topsham, Maine
>
> ----Original Message-----
> From: Jos Laurito <trglory at verizon.net>
> To: 6Pack List <6pack at autox.team.net>; Triumphs List <
> triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 4:54 pm
> Subject: [6pack] Still more on tires
>
> Soooooo..
>
> It looks like 215/70-15 is the closest available size to the original
> diameter, but I think I detect a preference for 205/70-15 from the listers.
> Looking around on the web, I see that there is not a whole lot to choose
> from in those sizes (but nothing to choose from in the almost-stock size).
> For the folks that are using tires that are currently available (and who
> actually like them), what are your recommendations? My car is bone stock.
>
> Thanks
>
> Joe
>


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