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TR6 Wire spoke rims to fit Michelin Red Line Tires on TR6

TR6Canuck

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Hi gang,
I want to buy spoke wheel rims for my '72 TR6.
I currently own Michelin Redline tires. They have TUBES. Tire size is 185-15.
Q1 - What size chrome spoke wheel rim do I purchase?
Q2 - Moss sells MWS spoke rims that say they are TUBELESS. IF I purchase those spoke rims can I install Michelin Redline tires with TUBES, if I also use Rim Bands (to prevent spoke nipple ends from chafing tubes)?

Would really appreciate any sage advice
Rich
 

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Rich,
You posted your question in our โ€œForum Helpโ€ forum, which is intended as a place to ask questions about navigating this site.

If you are reading this, you are in the Triumph forum (I moved your post but will leave a pointer in the original forum).
 
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185-15 tires. Couldnโ€™t see any specifications on the current rims
 

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Hi Rich......Personally, I would either keep the nice looking current rims that you have, or change to Minilite style mags.
Wire wheels are a lot of work to keep clean, and not as strong as steel or mag. Most current reproduction wire wheels have inferior chrome.
[You can still fit tubes and bands to any wire wheels].
 

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Yikes! That's what I was afraid of. The last three digits are the manufacturer date; before 2000, it was only three digits, the first two being the week and the last one being the year. So your tires were made the 31st week of 1999, or maybe 1989, or perhaps even 1979.

Bottom line: Save these for display if you like, but don't drive on them! You could get lucky; more likely, they will fail at a bad time, risking your car as well as your life and that of others! Modern "rule of thumb" is six years for tires (some might stretch that to ten years). But since yours are 22 or 32 or possibly even 42 years old, it ain't worth the risk!
 
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Appreciate your advice Andy, many thanks. Amazing that tires that old still look so good - tons of tread, no cracks. Any advice where I can buy new Michelin Redlines (they are not easily found online)? Or, since I don't drive the car aggressively, will Coker Redlines perform sufficiently?
 

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I have original Michelin Redlines on wire wheels for my 250. I replaced them due to the tires age with Universal Sports on alloy wheels. The wire/tire combo are sealed in bags for posterity.

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beautiful look Ralph, nicely done!
Thank you. The wheels are from a fellow in British Columbia, a replication of the ARE magnesium wheels offered on the 250.

On the car with center caps.

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