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Tires unsafe.... |
Cal |
Apr 12 2016, 08:36 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 615 Joined: 19-November 14 From: Philadelphia Member No.: 18,138 Region Association: North East States |
I know this topic has been beaten to death but....
My low mileage '74 2.0L has tires that are over 10 years old with under 2K miles. Should I replace these because they are older and possibly unsafe? The current tires are 165R15....if I replace them I'm thinking of going with the Vredestein Sprint Classic in 165/HR15. Thoughts.... Attached thumbnail(s) |
Tom_T |
Apr 12 2016, 12:39 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
I know this topic has been beaten to death but.... My low mileage '74 2.0L has tires that are over 10 years old with under 2K miles. Should I replace these because they are older and possibly unsafe? The current tires are 165R15....if I replace them I'm thinking of going with the Vredestein Sprint Classic in 165/HR15. Thoughts.... For driving - absolutely replace them at 8 years is the NHTSA recco. You can read up a bunch of info on the Tire Rack site's tech section. For show - if you do that - then you could keep those on your "perfect" set of wheels, & just swap them on on the Concours grounds. Some folks do that here in SoCal. If not, just sell them to some CW who would use them as such - they look to be Michelin XZX 165R15 in either SR or HR speed rating (technically no speed rating at that age). The Vreds would be good in either the 165/80HR15 (not the SR version on a 2.0), or the 185/70HR15 (or VR, but more $'s) for more contact patch (but less mpg, if you care about that), as noted above. However, you might also want to look at Lucas Tires website for their Blockley 165/80HR15 which are a clone to the OE Dunlop SP57 165HR15's with the dog-bone tred pattern. In any size of these & others sold new today, they'll be made with the newest rubber compounds & belts/plies - so will be even better than the originals. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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