# Are my tires low profile? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** sienna, toyota\ **Created:** [September 12, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-my-tires-low-profile/107744 "2017-09-12T23:01:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-my-tires-low-profile/107744/21 "2017-09-24T00:33:38Z")
Yes, I do mount my car tires on occasion. The post you refer to was instigated b/c of a problematic wheel barrow tire tho … lol … I’ve never had much trouble getting the bead to set on car tires. I prefer to buy tires at my local tire vendor so a better chance my neighbors remain employed, money stays in the area. I did try to buy some at [Walmart.com](http://Walmart.com) a while ago, but the folks at the local Walmart where I asked for assistance in the transaction weren’t very helpful, in fact completely disinterested, so the local tire store got my business instead. [Walmart.com](http://Walmart.com) didn’t offer Michelin’s in that size either, all they had listed were the Hankooks as I recall. The trie store guy was the one who implied that Michelin doesn’t make that size tire anymore. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-my-tires-low-profile/107744/22 "2017-09-24T00:39:43Z")
> [@GeorgeSanJose](#): > > the proper size is 70R13 I wonder if Coker makes them. They buy the old molds and reproduce obsolete tires to modern standards. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-my-tires-low-profile/107744/23 "2017-09-24T01:39:26Z")
George, what you listed is not a proper tire size 70R13 is only partial you might have 165/70R13, for example There is no “70R13” size ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-my-tires-low-profile/107744/24 "2026-02-05T07:21:20Z")
I regard anything _under_ 60-series to be low profile - but that’s just me, and I am biased toward 65-70-series as a happy medium between razor-edge steering response and straight-line stability. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-my-tires-low-profile/107744/25 "2026-02-05T13:13:10Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > I regard anything _under_ 60-series to be low profile Very few people share your wrong ideas and why keep dragging up old threads just to post the same things over and over? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-my-tires-low-profile/107744/26 "2026-02-05T13:53:47Z")
> [@VOLVO-V70](#): > > Very few people share your wrong ideas and why keep dragging up old threads just to post the same things over and over? Groundhog Day… ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/e/bed60bedc4279061adca00b18d8e7c2934dacbb2.jpeg) [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/are-my-tires-low-profile/107744.md?page=1)