A much discussed thread over the years... here is my real time BJ8 expeience
with the subject.
1. Best size for the BJ8 is the 185HR15. NOT the 185/70HR15 - too wide at
the belly. I agree with the comment to clip off the last inch of the inward
facing [front / toward tire] fender to shroud join t avoid rubbing on hard
turns as all bodies are a little different as we well know. The rear is fine
- needs nothing.
2. I run on Vreds - just fine - with tubes to be sure.
3. Balancing is not rocket science - and does not justify shipping heavy
wheels across the country for that purpose at considerable expense. Any local
prof tire shop balaces wheels all day for a living, and have a wire wheel cone
adaptor. If they can balance a wide tire for a 160 mph AMG 500SL, they can
balance for a 85 mph Healey.
4. When they balanced mine, I asked for the dynamic weights to be mounted
inside the rim on the flat behind the spokes - NOT the clip ons that sit on
the outer rim edge that they sometimes use for cheap jobs. 2 years later they
are just fine.
5. As tires wear, all perfect balances will become imperfect of course -
repeat balance.
Robert N. Blair Yellow 65BJ8 RNBmail@yahoo.com
--- On Tue, 9/25/12, R Phillips <healeydriver1@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: R Phillips <healeydriver1@gmail.com>
> Subject: [Healeys] Tires
> To: "healeylist" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012, 1:16 PM
> I have reviewed some of the threads
> re: tires. I am currently running
> Dunlop 165 R15 on 60 spoke wire wheels. While the
> tires still have
> adequate tread, they are at least 10 years old if not older
> So: Do I replace them; will 185 R15 fit (as some have
> suggested in the
> archives); what issues should I worry about and where can I
> find them and
> finally, can most tire shops work on wire wheels without
> damaging them?
>
> As always thanks for your input.
>
> Ric
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