When I bought the race car I had been warned about the road legal ''slick' tyres on it. The seller said to me ' They're ok in the dry, but you'll soon find yourself facing the wrong way in the wet.'.
Not being a fan of facing on coming traffic, I decided to look for something with more grip. The problem is, with the wheels being 13 inch diameter, there's not a lot of choice out there.
Eventually, I found a reasonably prices set of 185/70 x 13 tyres from Oponeo and ordered them. I also ordered a 'Minilite' style wheel from JBW, so that I had a spare. (Although it was silver, so I would have to paint it.
The new tyres arrived and I took them to my local tyre man to have them fitted. He wanted to keep the slicks, but I brought them home as I plan to sell them.
With this done, I made a trip to Halfords to seek out some matching Gold paint for the spare. I managed to get it close enough as makes no difference and so spent the afternoon painting and lacquering. With the new tyre fitted, it looked pretty good. Another job off of the list.😉
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