One last note on tires, the 165's look so much nicer than 185's on the B
since they are smaller. The car looked like it was all tires with the 185's.
Phil...
On Thu, 14 Mar 1996 Ragthyme@aol.com wrote:
> jsluis (John, is it?):
>
> I found the same thing with the 165's I have on the B ... they corner and run
> MUCH better than the wider tyres, but don't work nearly as well in heavy
> rainstorms or snow. The car originally had 185's, I dropped to 175's at
> first and then found the Fulda 165 SR14's that should've been on it in the
> first place. I keep the 175's on a spare set of rims for snow driving.
> By the bye, found a nifty use for an old weight bench: built a spare bits box
> and put it on the 'bench' part of the thing, and hang the wheels from the
> 'bar' across where you'd normally do bench presses. Compact and keeps the
> tyres off the ground.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Corey
> 75 MGB 'Rags'
>
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