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1. Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: "Sluis, John" <jsluis@iastate.edu>; Date: Mon, 11 Mar 96 10:34:00 CST; I'm looking to find replacement tires for my MGB. I live in central Iowa and haven't found any stores that carry the origional type tires. It appears my 80B came with Dunlop SP4's 165SR14 . At this p; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00326.html (7,662 bytes)
2. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: "Frank Sperling III" <sperling@hooked.net>; Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 08:50:26 +0000; Michelin no longer makes XZX's in 165SR14 size. The tire molds were bought by some company back east that specializes in doing just that...buying old tire molds and making the tires in limited amount; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00329.html (8,461 bytes)
3. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 13:05:55 +0500; IMHO, the Michelin XZX is a lousy tire. In particular, they really stink in the wet. Definitely not worth $100 a pop. No kloo about availability of Dunlops or Pirelli. I haven't seen them around in a; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00334.html (8,001 bytes)
4. RE: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>; Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 15:14:37 -0500; John, I don't know if you got my prior post or not, I seem to be sending = a lot of messages and don't see them pop up. Might be having problem = with the software again. Anyway, I posted: "I just pu; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00342.html (8,211 bytes)
5. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: hassey@dg-rtp.dg.com (John Hassey); Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 18:45 EST; I recently bought 5 165SR14s made by AVON (british) thru a local tire dealer, they were $60 each. There wasn't much (any) choice at that size. There did seem to be a pretty good selection of 175-75 x; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00353.html (7,734 bytes)
6. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: jello@dns.ida.net (Phil Bates); Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 19:40:14 -0700; If you want Dunlop SP4's I'm not sure you can get them, but you can probably get the proper size SP6's from Universal Tire Co, but they are $127 a piece. The Avons are $72. Their number is 800 233-38; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00358.html (9,069 bytes)
7. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 11:46:17 -0500; Standard 170SR14 or 175SR14 tyres work just fine on a B, better if you don't have wire wheels. A company called Fulda (German tyre manufacturer) makes the original 165SR14 tyres, and it's a good tyr; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00383.html (8,149 bytes)
8. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton); Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 12:31:10 +0500; Yi! I didn't know *any* other car used them. What sort of German autos? Might be worth comparing notes with an owner if I ever have a chance. -- Jay Tilton | jtilton@vt.edu http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/J; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00391.html (7,922 bytes)
9. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: Roe <proe@suffolk.lib.ny.us>; Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 07:09:58 -0500 (EST); Frank, Last summer I purchased 4 Avon 165 R14 84S from a local garage (they ordered the tires) for my 80B. They allow me to turn the car quicker in good weather than the 185 tires that were previousl; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00438.html (9,738 bytes)
10. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:12:21 -0600 (CST); At the risk of initiating a Tire Tech War, let's simply remember that not all tires are created equal. I'm not familiar with those particular Avon tires, but it's quite possible that a high-quality 1; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00451.html (8,446 bytes)
11. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 12:37:15 -0500; 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 c; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00453.html (8,246 bytes)
12. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: Roe <proe@suffolk.lib.ny.us>; Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 08:12:10 -0500 (EST); /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00482.html (8,742 bytes)
13. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 08:51:01 -0600 (CST); To each his own, I guess. I happen to like the beefy look of the 185s a whole lot more than the 155s my Tourer had previously. They give the Rostyles a "deep dish" look. -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00486.html (8,102 bytes)
14. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 01:23:59 -0500; Unless you are looking to concours prep your car, get a different tire on there. A 175/70 or a 185 even! Try it, you'll enjoy the car more with more rubber to play with...; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00527.html (7,593 bytes)
15. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: TATERRY@aol.com; Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 01:25:53 -0500; ted 96-03-15 20:57:36 EST, you write: I'll bite on this thread...where did the term "pommie" come from..it seems to be universal in Oz for the English. Got to be something to do with sailing... First; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00528.html (7,661 bytes)
16. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 03:04:51 -0500; run Like they say it's not just size.. Which larger tires or smaller ones you have, and whether they fit the wheel properly, is much more important than size. Fuldas are going to be a better handling; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00542.html (8,154 bytes)
17. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 12:39:13 -0500; Actually, the narrow tyres work just fine in the rain, even better than the old ones; we get some (WARNING: Southern Language Usage Imminent) real gullywashers here in Spring, and I think the larger; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00558.html (7,641 bytes)
18. Re: Tires for B's (score: 1): Author: Johnmowog@aol.com; Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 20:25:23 -0500; << Actually, the narrow tyres work just fine in the rain, even better than the old ones; we get some (WARNING: Southern Language Usage Imminent) real gullywashers here in Spring, and I think the larg; /html/mgs/1996-03/msg00662.html (7,818 bytes)

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