Classic 15" Tyres

There is a variety of 165 VR 15 tyres available. We would suggest for the majority of sports cars the 165VR15 Michelin XAS. We don't believe that the handling of a car such as a TR6 or Porsche 365 could get any better than it would be fitted with a 165 VR 15 Michelin XAS

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165VR15MICHXAS

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185/70VR15 Michelin XWX was original equipment on the Porsche 911, Porsche 924, and the front of a De Tomaso Pantera and Maserati Merak. This is an extremely high quality performance tyre.

185/70R15 is a later low profile equivalent to a 165R15. It is often fitted to cars like Austin Healey, Triumph TR4, TR4 A, TR5, TR6, MGA, VW Beetle. Because the Michelin XWX is such an exceptional tyre it was the tyre of choice in the 70's and still offers excellent handling, especially if you are fitting the size 185/70-15 to a car that should have 165R15.

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185

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n 1968 when the development of low profile tire technology hit the road PIRELLI were at the for front with this 185/70WR15 CINTURATO ™ CN36. The rounded carcass gave progressive steering which is critical to cars of this period, and they cannot be replace by modern tyres without spoiling these handling of these cars. It is worth pointing out that although the tyre size 185/70WR15 was not original equipment on many cars, a 185/70WR15 tire is a low profile alternative to a tire of the size 165R15, which is why this PIRELLI 185/70WR15 CINTURATO ™ CN36 is a great choice for people that want to put a bigger tyre.

It is fair to say that the size 185/70WR15 is predominantly associated with the early Porsche 911 as this tyre was original equipment on a 911 from 1969 when the CN36 first came out right through till 1986 when they went slightly larger on the front, having of course adjusted the car to suit more modern tyre carcasses. There has been some extensive testing of what tyres suit the early 911 best and the German article below proves categorically that the CN36 CINTURATO ™ is the one, this is backed up by Porsche awarding these tyres the N4 Porsche homologation.

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185

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The 165HR15 CINTURATO ™ CA67 has been reproduced in November 2014 by PIRELLI. 165HR15 is a very important tyre size for a wide range of classic cars. Cars such as the VW Beetle, TR4, Daimler Dart, Porsche 365 etc, etc would have fitted a 165HR15 This is the first time for some years there has been a genuine period tyre in the size 165HR15 available for pre 1965 cars.

Many cars that fitted cross ply (bias ply) tires in the size 5.60-15 or 5.90H15 may well want to fit a radial 165HR15 tire to improve a cars directional stability, in which case PIRELLI's 1952 CINTURATO ™ CA67 165HR15 is the ideal tire.

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165HR15PIRCINT

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This tyre has recently been reintroduced by Pirelli in conjunction with Porsche who have homologated this tyre with N4 , as the 165R15 tyre recommended by Porsche for their cars. It is the only good V rated tyre in this size. The CN36 tread pattern came out in 1968

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