For someone who is concerned with drivability, reliability and
concours-acceptable choices, this is a good option: As you might know, they are
not being made by Michelin -- those are the old Michelin molds that have been
sold on to a third-party manufacturer, but they're going to be made to Coker
standards using modern rubber formulas. Sure they'll be expensive, but what
isn't, and they'll look good and definitely last at least the 10 years from
manufacture that everyone pretty much agrees are acceptable limits for tires
today. And they should be safe within the dafe limits of a normal Healey (i.e.
cruising at 75-80 all day long with very occasional spurts up to 100 mph).
Tubeless is definitely an advantage, but that's more a factor of the wheel rim
and spoke design than the tire itself.
G.
Message: 6
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 10:26:29 -0700
From: "Ron Fine" <ronfineesq at earthlink.net>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Healeys] Tires
I just wanted to add my experience with tires;
I needed to replace some 14 year old Michelin ZX 175 - 15 tires on my BN7. I
mounted tubeless Michelin XZX 165-15 on new tubeless 60 spoke wheels. Tires
from Coker Tire Co.
I think they look right, and the ride is great.
They are more expensive than other options but I have always had great
experience with Michelin tires on my other cars.
Ron Fine
61 BN7
Gary Anderson
Los Altos, California
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