[TR] Tr6 rims on a tr3a

[Rye Livingston]

My brother buys tires for our race car on tire rack and another online website for $100 each.  Yesterday on a lark he looked on eBay.  The same online website was also selling the same tire on eBay for $100, but when you buy a set of four, they included a $100 off coupon.
Rye
PH: 530-FIND-RYE
Activities Chairman
Triumph Travelers Sports Car Club
1960 Triumph TR3A

On Oct 23, 2016, at 04:47 AM, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

FWIW TireRack has 165/80
http://tinyurl.com/mn5ka4c
 
Bit pricey, but they also list 185/70 that should fit and work fine, in a "high performance summer" tire.  Effective diameter should be very close to original.
http://tinyurl.com/h8r8s9q
 
If that's too high, they have lots of lower performance tires in 195/65 that will most likely fit OK unless your body is significantly tweaked. (The car's body I mean.)
http://tinyurl.com/zx8hn7z
 
195/60 should be fine too, but a bit more speedo error.  (About 5%, which is only 3 mph @ 60 mph.)
 
FWIW I've dealt with TireRack many times, and always been happy with them.  You do have to watch out for S&H charges plus mounting and balancing.  The charges are not unreasonable, they just make the overall price higher than what you see on the web.
 
Best IMO to have the tires shipped directly to a local installer.
 
PS, I assume this is obvious, but JIC: Don't forget that these tires aren't going to fit in the spare tire well!  I finally bought a "compact spare" tire from a junkyard that fits with room to spare (on a TR3 rim); but if I do have a flat, it has to ride home behind the seats.
 
-- Randall

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