<VV> New "stock" tires for LM's

[mark at noakes.com]

For my son's 68, we did the SimpleTire Maxxis 185/80R13s route as well 
and had Costco install them. I don't remember details except that it 
wasn't too painful...though they did insist on using nitrogen.

For my 66, I gave up long ago and run 15 inch wheels. And I may go to 16 
or 17 inch next for better tire selection. Anymore there's not that much 
available in 15 inch either.

Mark N

On 3/22/20 10:58 PM, Ignacio Valdes via VirtualVairs wrote:
> I agree do the extra work to get the original size tire. The commonly
> available good enough size makes the stance of the car odd, too low to the
> ground. I used simpltire.com in 2018:  Maxxis MA-1 185/80R-13 price then
> was $324 for 4. I had them shipped to NTB to be mounted. I don't recommend
> NTB. They did all kinds of counter pricing add-ons that made it cost a
> bunch more after they have your tires at the place, you show up with your
> car in person, and are captive.  -- IV
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 9:45 PM FrankDuVal via VirtualVairs <
> virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
>
>> Direct from Maxxis? That's how I bought them several years ago.
>>
>> Frank DuVal
>>
>> On 3/22/2020 1:12 PM, edward szuch via VirtualVairs wrote:
>>> I'm looking for a new set of "stock" tires for my 66 Corsa.  I want to
>> keep
>>> the stock appearance and am looking for the narrow whitewall (or close to
>>> it).  I currently have a set of '96 Goodyear Decathlon tires on it in our
>>> typical P185/80R-13 size.
>>> The only tires I can find in this size are the Maxxis whitewalls listed
>> at
>>> Amazon.
>>> Does anybody know of a different source?
>>> Second question.....I'll need to replace the valve stems as well.  With
>> all
>>> the Chinese suppliers for just about everything, are there any I should
>>> stay away from or features to avoid (I know, a valve stem is pretty
>>> simple)?  I've run into problems with American companies using Chinese
>>> sourced junk so I'm just a bit leery.
>>> Thanks very much.
>>> Gary Szuch
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