PIRELLI 185/70 VR 15

185/70R15 Tires

The tires size 165HR15 was a pretty common tire size, used by sports cars of the 60's. When low profile tire technology was develop some car manufacturers (such as Porsche; with their 911), moved onto low profile tire technology fitting 185/70VR15. The side wall height of a 185/70VR15 is 70% of 185mm tall. the side wall height of a 165R15 is 80% of 165mm tall. These 2 side wall heights being the same made the 185/70VR15 the ideal low profile alternative.

185/70 R 15 CN36 Tires

Porsche jumped on the opportunity to take advantage of, one of the worlds best tire manufacturers, new developments with low profile tires, and fitted PIRELLI's 185/70VR15 CN36 CINTURATO ™ tires to their 911, 924 & 944 cars.

Many people with cars that fit a 165R15 often want to fit a wider tire, under those circumstances the 185/70VR15 CINTURATO ™ CN36 tire would be an idea. It is worth considering if you have a car like a TR4, TR5, TR6 or MGC the manufacturers of these cars chose to fit 165R15 tires long after the 185/70R15 tire size had been invented. They stuck with 165R15, because that is how these cars handled best, under these circumstances possibly the 165HR15 PIRELLI CINTURATO ™ CA67 tire would be a better option.