The discussion on Wednesday's digest about tires for a TR3A
was of particular interest to me.
After 12 years, I figure it's time to replace the no-name (Moto Master)
tires on my TR3A. I don't put a lot of mileage on the car, seldom
drive it in the rain, and don't race.
I'm trying to choose between Cooper Sportmaster (165R15;
service description = 86T) and Vredestein Sprint+ (165R15).
The Coopers are considerably cheaper than the Vredesteins.
Is there any reason to prefer the Vredestein tires?
Regards,
Dave MacKay
1960 TR3A s/n 68639L(O)
near Toronto, Canada
>Eric Bartleson wrote:
>>I am looking for tires for my rebuilt TR3A. I am looking seriously at
>>Cooper 165X15 in tires. Has anyone had any luck with these? What is
>>recommended?
>>
>I've been running 165R15's on my TR4 for the past five years. I like the
>old-school brands like Michelin, Dunlop Vredestein and Cooper. My car
>shipped new in '62 with optional Michelin X's. I bought it with old
>Michelin XZX's. Both are discontinued but may be available from Coker
>for $$. After driving for a couple years on the dangerously old tires, I
>replaced the Michelin XZX's with Dunlop SP20's (now NLA) and those are
>nearly worn out now. I also have run Vredestein studded snow tires,
>Snow+'s, on the TR4 for a couple seasons before getting a '66 Volvo
>wagon. The old Volvo wears the same size tires, so I put the snows on
>the Volvo for the winter now. I bought Cooper Sportmaster GLTs for
>summer tires for the Volvo last year, and I'll probably get a set to
>replace the Dunlops before my giant summer road trip. Coopers are
>popular with the old VW bug crowd, same size tire so they're widely
>available. They wear well and look appropriate though I liked the
>Dunlops better.
>I also thought wistfully about getting an extra set of wheels with
>combination gravel/tarmac rally tires for mountain drives -- Nokian and
>others make rally tires in this size.
>Steven Newell
'>62 TR4
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