Which Tires to Use?, 74 2.0 Restoration |
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Which Tires to Use?, 74 2.0 Restoration |
gcrotvik |
Jul 5 2016, 08:58 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 360 Joined: 16-December 09 From: Portland Oregon Member No.: 11,134 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I am trying to determine which is the best tire to use on my 74 2.0 concours restoration. I have read the lengthy Tires & Wheels thread. I am looking for the tire that would have been provided from the factory for original delivery in the states. I understand that there is no "correct" HR tire provided today for many reasons (the correct Michelin is tube-type and should be tubeless, Vredstein's weren’t OE US supplied tires, etc.). So, from a parade concours perspective, which of the 3 tires listed below are the "most correct"? I'm leaning towards the Michelin's but I'm not sure if they can be installed on the 2.0 Fuchs alloy rims?
MICHELIN XAS 165HR15 Tube Type PIRELLI CA67 165HR15 Pirelli Cinturato CA67 Tubeless? VREDSTIEN SPRINT CLASSIC 165HR15 Tubeless Opinions? Greg |
Dougal Cawley |
Mar 30 2017, 09:52 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 23-March 17 From: Longstone Tyres Member No.: 20,953 Region Association: England |
Hmm
there are quite a few points i should make here 1/ The Vredestein looks absolutely nothing like a period tyre. 2/ there are a few things that will be dealt with on this independent article about classic tyres for Porsche http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/page/classic-porsche-tyres 3/ Pirelli now make a V rated 165VR15 Cinturato CN36 N4 http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/page/165vr...to-cn36-n4.html the N4 is Porsche homologation. The CN36 came out in 1968 4/ Our Classsic Porsche tyres page above also has a Porsche fitment guide for their classic models 5/ Porsche also recommend the 185/70WR15 Cinturato CN36 N4 http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/page/185-7...to-cn36-n4.html 6/ The 165HR15 Michelin XAS http://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/page/165hr...chelin-xas.html came out in 1965 |
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