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

Wed Mar 25 11:07:49 EDT 2020

Corvairs had the tire pressure recommendation on a sticker on the inside of
the glove box door.  Stickers are still available from Clarks C420B.
Jim Davis

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 9:38 AM Marc Marcoulides via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

>
> When I replaced my tires on my 65 Corsa the installer insisted that he was
> correct in putting 30 lbs on all 4. When I complained he opened the driver
> door and looked in the jamb, nothing there. I advised that showing correct
> pressure started in the '80s and my car was a 65. Had to approach the
> manager who personnaly took the fronts to 24 and the rears to 28. The
> installers age was somewhere in that range.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Seth Emerson via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >Sent: Mar 24, 2020 6:36 PM
> >To: larry at forman.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org
> >Subject: Re: <VV> New "stock" tires for LM's
> >
> >For regular driving, you are probably fine. Be sure to keep your tire
> pressures correct.
> >The store may, or may not, have a clue. As you noted.
> >-Seth
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: larry--- via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >To: virtualvairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >Sent: Tue, Mar 24, 2020 3:30 am
> >Subject: Re: <VV> New "stock" tires for LM's
> >
> >The two tires I got for my 65 Monza at America's Tire Store in
> >Sacramento were:
> >
> >Milestar Touring SLE, P175/80R13 M+S with narrow white walls.  They were
> >about $53 each and two mounted and balanced were $163 out the door with
> >new valve stems.  However, they were out of the extreme extended valve
> >stems, so I had to reuse my valve stem extenders for the original hub
> >caps.
> >
> >They had to order them from one of their warehouses and they got them in
> >about 3 days here in Sacramento.
> >
> >Note: you do need to tell them what tire pressures they should have for
> >the front tires as they had already pressurized them about 35 PSI.
> >
> >I was in and out in about an hour with an appointment.  For the social
> >distancing they ask customers to wait in their car and pull their car up
> >for service, which seems about perfect in today's environment.
> >
> >Larry
> >
> >On 2020-03-22 9:57 pm, larry--- via VirtualVairs wrote:
> >
> >> Since I live in CA and have bought a lot of tires at America's Tire
> >> Store, I called them last week and they installed two of those tires for
> >> $163 complete.  That was the only tire they could find, but the price
> >> seemed right.
> >>
> >> Larry
> >>
> >> On 2020-03-22 10:12 am, 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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