Scott, I put 195/60-15 tires on my Dayton 15"x6" wire wheels I have no
rubbing even during hard turns. They are pretty close to the rear
fenders but work ok. I plan to put the 550 lb front springs on my car
next weekend.
Cheers,
Larry Hoy
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
1976 MGB Parting out
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On Sat, 10 May 1997 23:56:36 +0000 "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>
writes:
>Has anyone here ever put the 15" X 5.5" Minilite repros on a
>chrome-bumpered 'B'? Most of the catalogues list them as being for
>the MGC, but one (VB, I think), lists them as a "plus one"
>applications for the B. I was thinking of using 195/60-15 tires on
>them, so the overall hieght should be about the same as the
>185/70-14s I've got now. I'm more concerned with hitting the
>suspension during tight turns, as the new tires would be
>significantly wider. Any experiences?
> Since my rear springs are about shot, I was also thinking of
>replacing the springs all around with the 1" lowered ones from Moss
>(550 pound front rate, don't know about the rear)
>
>Scott Gardner
>gardner@lwcomm.com
>www.lwcomm.com/~gardner
>
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