Tires
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- 2.7L carburettor cars shipped with 195/70 tires
- IE and 3.0L cars shipped with 205/70 tires (effectively all later cars).
- An owner's opinion: a bit over-geared.
- 205/65 fits (and clears wheel spats), and (Owners opinion) improves acceleration and driving experience, at the expense of higher cruise RPM.
- 215/65 is the best choice as it adds a little grip and has a VERY close rolling diameter to the original thus retaining the original gearing.
ALL 65 section tyres reduce the ride comfort slightly.
- Candidate Tires
- Original equipment, available to special order- Michelin 205.VR.15.XWX
- Very nice -- Brucem (and others)
- Continental Barum (205/65, at least)
- Pirelli P4000, no longer available as of 1/09 (if not earlier)
- Michelin Energy 205/65 the original for the XM works fine for me.
Longstone Classic Tires sells Michelin XWX for the SM. Prices, while not cheap, include worldwide shipping.
See also: Wheels
