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Old 04-11-2012, 01:15 PM   #1
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I've got to get rid of the foreign made tires on our cruiser. I've thouught about the Michelin ribs (235/85/16) but wondered about the clearance between the tires. I now have 235/80/16 now.

I may have to go with the goodyear 614 tires in a smaller size. But i did see that they have a better load range.

Any ideas or experiences would be greatly appreciated.

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Old 04-12-2012, 11:58 PM   #2
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Old 04-13-2012, 06:28 AM   #3
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See here. Looks like the 85's will be .9" larger in diameter, so tires ~1" closer together. Make sure of fender clearance as well. http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
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Don't rule out the BFG Commercial LT tires in that size. Several of us have them with good results.
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Old 04-13-2012, 09:06 AM   #5
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Old 04-14-2012, 08:06 AM   #6
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I have the BFG and I've made a 3,000 mile trip with them. They did smooth out the bumps and I don;t know if it was the tires or not but I did a good bit better on gas milage both ways .
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Old 04-20-2012, 12:24 AM   #7
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Got the new tires ordered and got them put on this week. Got the bfg 614 rst. Plenty of room between tires. Looks like they're going to work great. Thanks
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Old 04-20-2012, 01:35 AM   #8
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Oops, I meant Goodyear.
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Old 04-21-2012, 11:58 PM   #9
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Have you checked to make sure they are made in Us?

http://constructionmisc.tpub.com/TM-...-200-14_38.htm
http://www.tirelitigation.com/html/tirecodelist.html




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Old 04-23-2012, 12:33 AM   #10
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I looked at them yesterday and they were stamped made in the USA.
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Old 04-23-2012, 07:25 AM   #11
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I certainly respect everyone's opinion on this but very Honestly I have been running Towmasters for several years starting in 2004 on two different units..I had just renewed the tires with the same kind in 2010 when we decided to buy our Cruiser. The tires had about 2200 mi on them so when we consumated the deal for the cruiser I made them replace the new tires that were on the unit with the Towmasters from our PP.
They thought I was crazy but I said just do It with steel stems,thank you. I have had two deflations at speed but both were attributed to the supposed 80 lb stems ala factory! Anyone using pressure monitors will notice that when the ambient gets up there the pressures can easily get in the 90 lb range,so why 80 lb stems?
So please do not group all quote china tires in the same category. I have collectively about 30000 miles on them and couldn't be happier..Also when I replaced them they were like new but I do not like To chance it on age JMHO jb
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