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On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 11:36, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > I checked the Cooper website-they don't have any 165SR15. Am I right in > assuming that SR, stands for standard ratio, which can be replaced with 80. > So I am looking for a 165/80 15? Do you guys run any other size tire on your > cars? Any reason for not sticking with stock size? > Cooper doesn't list anything on their website; neither does Michelin, > Continental or Goodyear. My tires are 165 R 15, not SR. SR stands for "steel radial". Mine are just a radial tire. No steel belts. > > There are no Direct Tire shops near here, and they don't have that size on > their website. > > I've called 5 places-only pep-boys had two of this size tire in stock. It > was a Euro-Metric brand. I've never heard of, so I'm not sure I want to get > those. These are $31/tire, plus $19/tire install and balance. Mine are marked as a metric tire. The $31 + $19 mount and balance comes back as the $50 each I gave mounted and balanced 5 years ago. > > Tirerack.com has a Kumho tire for $30. Again-I have no idea of the quality > of a Kumho tire. Remember with TireRack.com, you will pay for shipping and mount & balance. My son runs Kumho's on his ricer Autocross cars. > > Firestone > Bridgestone has a Dayton Daytona Metric Radial tire on their website. But > the local shop does not have it. That is probably what you will find, is that the local tire shops won't have them in stock, but can get them. They got mine overnight. > > I just got off the phone with a guy at another Firestone Dealer. He said he > will call all his suppliers on Monday to find out what my options are. I've > got to call him back Monday afternoon. The more I know about this, the > better I feel. I just feel more comfortable having seen a few of the > options-then picking one. > -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~