[Healeys] Tires

[Robert Markovich]

 I've had Vreds (165/80-15) on three Healeys—a BN6, BN1, and currently a BN7—and found them more than satisfactory for spirited driving. Watch out in the wet, however, as their more vintage tread pattern won't pump out water like a modern tire. Of course, most of us try to avoid driving Healeys in the rain anyway, never mind their rainy-country origins! 
Can't speak for serious tracking, however. I've never used tubes, even in the current tubeless wire wheels from MWS, but will be switching to the splined Minilite replicas I've used on my other two Healeys. I've already tightened a few spokes on these "sealed" wheels and prefer something a bit more bulletproof ...
    On Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 01:12:18 PM EST, Richard Collins via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:   

 I have  Vreds on my BN7, running with tubes; Never an issue; Falken 660 on one PCar, Kuhmos on another, Generals on wife’s car, Goodyear on another, etc.I have run Toyo, Nitto, Pirelli, Yokos, Michelin, etc over the years on track, street, snow/ice (this week. :-) ) and find pro/con with all of them. But as I think Simon on this board has said: there are horses for courses. I tend to be particular on my track car, running 200 compound rubber for grip rather than slicks while Minimal road noise and price are the basis for selection on my road cars. I have Track X’d the Healey with the Vreds and they performed well but it is a back country road car and they are aging (not wearing) out.
Regards,Richard C


On Feb 1, 2026, at 10:43, Bob Spidell via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:



 List has been a bit moribund lately so I thought maybe I'd try to start some controversy.

I run Vredestein tires on both my Healeys; the BN2 from relatively recently to having gone through several sets for my BJ8 over the decades. I was somewhat surprised to see Vredestein mentioned favorably with some of the 'biggees,' as I'd always thought of them as a 'niche' supplier (but I had heard the GM for Vred in the US was a Healey fan and one of their brochures featured a BJ8 on the cover). I've always been happy with their performance and longevity, and they supplied tires in some of the less common sizes (185/70R-15 for the BJ8; 165s for the BN2).

The CR article cited is behind a paywall:

"The very top of the winter-snow table has Bridgestone, Michelin, Nokian, and Vredestein as the most satisfying brands to own, and those latter three brands dominate the summer tires category, too."

https://www.jalopnik.com/2085748/tire-brand-with-worst-owner-satisfaction-consumer-reports/_______________________________________________
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