Re: Big wheelz

[Tony Martie <tony@domain.elided>]

Well Tessie, thanks for the tip.  The Mini Cooper S does have 16" run 
flat tires (195/55R-16) mounted on wheels only 6.5 inches in width.  I 
believe a wheel with those dimensions could be fitted to a Spider 
without clearance problems.  This could be easier than I thought!  Just 
gotta find a wheel with the correct offset.
 Could not seem to find out who makes the tires on the Mini but I did 
find Dunlop makes a run-flat called the SP Sport 9000 DSST in the 
following 16" sizes:
 225/50WR16
 225/55WR16
 225/60WR16
 Anyone know anything about these tires?  Or what size might be closest 
to my original overall diameter?  I had Dunlop's once years ago and was 
not impressed, but that was years ago.

 I recall seeing a whizzy tire size calculator online at some point but 
have lost the url, I'd bet my thermostatic actuator that one of you 
knows what it is.  Anyone?

Upon further research today (is it obvious that my business is dead 
this time of year?) I discovered that the issue of monitoring the 
pressure in these tires has become quite simple also.  There is a 
wireless system available.  Very cool stuff.  Here is what I found:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/runflat/pressuremonitors.jsp

Just sharing info that may or may not be news to anyone, but I am that 
much closer to tossing my spare.


Tony Martie
78 Spider
http://tmpd.net
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