Re: '73 2002a Tire questions / recomendations

["Gary Derian" <gderian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The standard tire for a 2002 is a 165R13.  That is the equivalent to a
165/80R13.  You can easily use a 185/70R13 on the 5 inch sport rims.  Tire
companies used to make high performance tires in these sizes but not
anymore.

Gary Derian <gderian@domain.elided>


> I am in the process of purchasing a 1973 2002a(automatic) and will need to
> replace the tires before attempting the 3 hour drive home.  The current
tires
> are sunrotted and need to be replaced.
>
> I am having difficulty finding tires to fit either set of rims that come
with
> the car.
>
> the are the origional rims (4-1/2J) 165 - 60 r 13
> and the sport rims         (5J)     185 - 60 r 13
>
> I would prefer to have micheln tires on the sport rims but the only tires
I
> could find via thier website is the XGT4 but only in 70 series.  My
question are
> thier any other alternatives to this tire and / or is there a problem
running 70
> series tires on this car.

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