<VV> Tires Update

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/3/2006 3:17:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
bowtieguy at cox.net writes:

Consumer  Reports rates the Cooper Trendsetter SE higher than the Kumho AS 
795 and last  but not least the Toyo 800 Ultra. I checked their records from the 
last three  years for this data. These would all be 175/80/13 whitewalls.

Since a  175/80/13 is nearly identical in size(rolling diamter)to the 6.50-13 
and the  195/70/13 did Corvairs, early or late, ever have raised whiter 
letter tires or  redlines instead of the whitewalls? The only 195/70/13's I am 
finding all have  rwl? How would these tires fit the early and late wheel wells?

Bob  Vukas



Bob - The 175-80-13 looks good in the early Wheelwell. I think they look  too 
small in the later car wheelwell. They are definitely smaller than the  
standard tire (how much depends on whether you are talking to Bruce) the  185-80-13 
might still be smaller than stock, but closer. The 195-70-13 looks  okay, but 
is shorter (and wider) than stock. There is really no 13" tire  currently 
available that fills the wheelwells of a late model. No Corvairs had  redline 
tires or Raised White Letters. Just Blackwalls and Whitewalls. Any  currently 
available 13" street tire will fit in any Corvair wheelwell, at least  with stock 
wheels.  It's the 15's and 16's you need to worry about! -  Seth