Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) 195/60 R15 for 2018 Plus4

As I noticed there are some posts about tires.

Now my Plywoodracer is not far from his 7.birthday, but also on his seven year old tires. So time to change them.

So I‘ve got two questions: I‘ve got a sparewheel. Never used. Would you also change it? Yes, if I need it, it‘s bad. And: modern tires have a „rotation“ sign on the flange. So what‘s about the sparewheel? One side would be wrong.

The second point: I think about the factory fitted Yokohamas (yes, I know there would be better ones around) and

FIRESTONE Roadhawk 88H for just 80,-EURs (tire only). In Germany all tires have labes for fuel, rain and noise.

The Yokohama is fuel „C“, Rain „B“ and noise „A“

The Firestone is fuel „C“, Rain „A“ and noise „B“.

I think noise in a MOG is a joke, but the better rating in rain is a point.

Are there some ideas or expierience about the Firestones? Or other ideas? Yes, I read some other ideas, but in Germany they are about 120/130,-EUR per tire. Is the difference so big?

Greets René

My 2008 Plus 4 registration documents require a speed rating of V (240 km/h). Check yours before buying H-rated tires.

Harald

Hi, there are several previous threads re tyres, and several have changed to 195/65R15, a more common size in the UK,
with a benefit of slightly higher profile.
I am in the process of changing mine, best deal on Yokohama Blue Earth with 65 profile I can find is £54 each fitted, from Just Tyres.
Only issue I have is our local fitter for Just Tyres don’t have the correct cones for balancing wires, so I plan to buy cones,
still cheaper overall than the 60 profile tyre.
Rene, probably worth looking out previous threads here on TM, I have found it a great source of information and experience.
Phil.

Just make sure that your tyre fitter’s balancing machine is able to perform with the balancing cones. One place I went to which had a very up to date machine kept coming up with an error code because it couldn’t sense the wheel being mounted “properly” against its back plate.
I went to a place with an older machine which worked ok. So best to take your spare in first with the balancing cones and get them to do a trial run, before taking the wheels off the Mog.

With a closer look, the paperwork of my MOG shows „H“ and there also „H“ tires fitted on the car from the factory in 2018.

And I also think about 195/65 R15. But they aren’t listed in the COC paper, so it‘s difficult to fit them in Germany.

Greets René