I had the same problem and I will fit a 155x15 Vredestein as spare while I
have 185's on the car
The other solution is to keep the 165 without air and have a small air
compressor on the car as Porsche 911's !!!!!
Sent from my iPad
On Mar 31, 2011, at 4:15 AM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
> Steven -
>
> A couple of thoughts - have you tried putting any of your other tyres in
the
> boot? Are they all Vredesteins?
>
> If they are all the same tyre, I would recommend getting the standard
Dunlop
> ply tyre for the spare. This is what I have in my BN1. The Dunlops are
> perfectly fine as a spare and, of course, fit in the boot properly.
>
> Also note that Longstone Tyres has a very cheap 165x15 with a very narrow
> section width from a company called Nexen:
>
>
http://longstonetyres.co.uk/page/search?searchMethod=term&searchTerm=590+X+15
> http://www.nexentireusa.com/tires-9/SB802
>
> However, I note the Nexen spec sheet is a bit different to the tread specs
> on the Longstone tyre site. The Longstone folks are usually quite helpful
> so I'm sure you can call them and ask them to measure the width of the tyre
> before you buy it. If you're lucky this will be a very cheap option.
>
> Let us know if the Nexen tyre pans out, that would be good info to have for
> the list.
>
> Alan
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 2:37 PM, <ATIGHTPROD at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> So I'm driving down the road with a spare on my left rear, (an older
>> Michelin) and the tire separated, blew apart and bent my left rear fender
>> up
>> pretty good. But I survived, didn't crash and the car will be fine, so
all
>> good there. My problem now is that I bought a Vredestein 165x15 to use as
>> my
>> new spare and it won't fit in the spare wheel well of my 1953 BN1.
>> Anyone else have this problem? And if so, how did you solve it. The
>> new tire is wider than either my old Michelin, which was my spare and the
>> tires I have on the car now. Concords, made by who knows who, but I like
>> them
>> a lot and they perform well. It seems the Vredestein is wider and only
>> goes
>> part way in before it wedges and stops.
>> Any suggestions? And I'm only running 28 lbs of pressure and it's
>> still too fat!
>> Steven Kingsbury
>> BN1 #598
>> _______________________________________________
>> Healeys at autox.team.net
>> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
>> Suggested annual donation $12.75
>> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
>> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
>> Unsubscribe/Manage:
>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healey.nut at gmail.com
> _______________________________________________
> Healeys at autox.team.net
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation $12.75
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/jvvmusme at yahoo.com
|