Hey all, does anybody know what type of tyre the 120L was fitted with originally? The car has alloy wheels and a mismatch of tyres at the moment-165/80/13-can you help? Cheers

Vrs Mended Bradley ?

18 hours ago, bradley.mcmullan said:

Hey all, does anybody know what type of tyre the 120L was fitted with originally? The car has alloy wheels and a mismatch of tyres at the moment-165/80/13-can you help? Cheers

 

165/80/13 is correct....the alternative is 185/70/13 for cars with alloys but I know neither of these sizes are very available anymore......a lot of people go for 185/60/13 on alloy equipped cars - which alters the speedo reading slightly.....but the speedos are massively inaccurate anyway  (over read - 100mph on speedo = 90mph in reality) so it's not a big issue. 

Or 175/70R13 will work (and so should 186/60R14 with new wheels).

On 22/10/2018 at 09:28, petergarforth said:

 

165/80/13 is correct....the alternative is 185/70/13 for cars with alloys but I know neither of these sizes are very available anymore......a lot of people go for 185/60/13 on alloy equipped cars - which alters the speedo reading slightly.....but the speedos are massively inaccurate anyway  (over read - 100mph on speedo = 90mph in reality) so it's not a big issue. 

Hiya, thank you for that, I have found some Barum 165/80/13 online at £48 each so they should look grand :-) 

On 21/10/2018 at 15:32, Auric Goldfinger said:

Vrs Mended Bradley ?

Hmmm!

Barum.....proper Czech tyres! 

On 24/10/2018 at 09:35, petergarforth said:

Barum.....proper Czech tyres! 

Hiya Peter, I got 5 Barum tyres in the end, from Just Tyres in Wakefield, £45 each, fitted and balanced.. Proper Czech tyres like you say BUT I noticed it now says “Made In Romania” on the wall! hahaha-bit sad about that, wonder if the Barum factory in Zlin CZ is still working.. 

18 hours ago, bradley.mcmullan said:

Hiya Peter, I got 5 Barum tyres in the end, from Just Tyres in Wakefield, £45 each, fitted and balanced.. Proper Czech tyres like you say BUT I noticed it now says “Made In Romania” on the wall! hahaha-bit sad about that, wonder if the Barum factory in Zlin CZ is still working.. 

 

That is sad....they're still a Czech firm though I think

There Tyre Factory in Zlin closed down in 1972

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barum_(company)