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wydtrac
Posts : 142 Join date : 2008-06-06 Location : Maine
| Subject: Tires Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:10 pm | |
| I'm starting to tire shop so I will have new rubber on the road come good weather. Anyone have a suggestion where to look? Bias vs. radial? White wall vs black or red line? How about what came on it originally for size? I have a '59 Star Chief 4dr. sedan. I am headed to Carlisle at the end of April. May be able to find something there and save some $.
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starchief1959
Posts : 353 Join date : 2008-05-22 Age : 43 Location : Minnesota
| Subject: Re: Tires Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:10 am | |
| Pending on what you're looking for you have several options. The original bias tire size is 800-14. The approximate equivalent in radial is 215/75R14. I would stongly recommend getting radial tires. The last longer, wear better, have a better ride, and don't get flat spots from storage. You can get a traditional looking white/wide whitewall tire from Coker Tire or Diamondback Tires. The cokers cost a bit more but the diamondbacks are very similar in style and quality for a bit less money. Both companies also carry redlines Black walls can be found just about anywhere since it's standard now a days. | |
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wydtrac
Posts : 142 Join date : 2008-06-06 Location : Maine
| Subject: Re: Tires Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:43 pm | |
| Radial would be the obvious choice I suppose for a "driver". Coker seems pretty pricey.
I want a white wall but what would the original white wall width be? 1"?, 2 1/2"? | |
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starchief1959
Posts : 353 Join date : 2008-05-22 Age : 43 Location : Minnesota
| Subject: Re: Tires Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:47 pm | |
| I'd go with the 2 1/2" personally. That's what I'll go to once I wear out my current tires. Right now is just the standard 3/4" I think. | |
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starchief_59 Admin
Posts : 1883 Join date : 2008-05-22 Age : 38 Location : Canyon Lake, Texas
| Subject: Re: Tires Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:49 pm | |
| I didn't want to pay that much for white walls so I paid $80 a tire for 215/65? I think BFG Radial TAs. I think they look great on old cars. | |
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CATBIRD
Posts : 307 Join date : 2008-07-03 Age : 81 Location : Levittown, Pa
| Subject: Tires Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:04 pm | |
| wydtrac.....The original tires were 800/14 UniRoyals. The optional whitewalls were 2and 1/4". Cokers bias tires are also 2 and 1/4", and their radials are 2 and3/8". I have the radials on mine and you can't tell the difference. 1/8" is not noticeable......John | |
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59vista
Posts : 303 Join date : 2008-05-23 Age : 51 Location : Denmark
| Subject: Re: Tires Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:30 am | |
| I have the cookers (cooker classic) radials - 215/75R14 - they are exelent. The car came with a narrow white wall - it was ok, but i ordered new tires along with the car, since i did not know the condition of the old tires. The old ones turned out to be OK, but one was trashed by a fork on a forklift when the car was taken out of the shippingcontainer. The new ones arrived on a later container. To make a long story short i am very pleased with these tires, and it looks fantastic. They give a exelent ride, and i have tested them to 120 mph with no problems. I did not get around to lifting the car, so it was stored on the tires all winter, and this has left no visible or detectable flat spots. I don't know the price in U.S., but i'm pretty sure that its alot less than i pay - after all they have to travel a long way, and someone have to make money on the way, but around here they were roughly 200$ each (i just paid around 135 $ each for michelin energy tires for my volvo (195/65/15 - most common size around here), so compared to this it's realy not bad for a highly specialized product. My only regret : they are hell to clean - anyone have some good adwise on how to do it. I've tryed different cemicals and cleaners, but not really found the answear. | |
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starchief1959
Posts : 353 Join date : 2008-05-22 Age : 43 Location : Minnesota
| Subject: Re: Tires Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:05 am | |
| Scotch brite pads (The green ones). Brings them right back to white everytime. | |
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59vista
Posts : 303 Join date : 2008-05-23 Age : 51 Location : Denmark
| Subject: Re: Tires Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:24 pm | |
| Thanks for the tip - if it's that easy i feel really stupid, considering all the different stuff i tried. I'll try it out soon (weather is crappy here now). | |
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starchief1959
Posts : 353 Join date : 2008-05-22 Age : 43 Location : Minnesota
| Subject: Re: Tires Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:52 pm | |
| I stumbled across it a couple years ago. I had tried, bleach, tire cleaners, etc and they never got bright white. Saw the pad on the shelf and figured "what the hell." Just about lost it when I realized it was something so easy. | |
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59vista
Posts : 303 Join date : 2008-05-23 Age : 51 Location : Denmark
| Subject: Re: Tires Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:45 am | |
| I just got some scotchpads - found out we stock them at work. I am going home in a few hours, and then it's time to try it. I tried different bleaches, hydrocarbon solvents and the whole lot. It seems that some of the dirt would dissolve, but the solvent evaporated befor you could wipe it all off. | |
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starchief_59 Admin
Posts : 1883 Join date : 2008-05-22 Age : 38 Location : Canyon Lake, Texas
| Subject: Re: Tires Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:28 pm | |
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59vista
Posts : 303 Join date : 2008-05-23 Age : 51 Location : Denmark
| Subject: Re: Tires Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:01 pm | |
| Thanks alot !. I must say that it works amazing - especially along with a little bleach. They are now truly wide whites - instead of white greys... This is definatly good advise. I only got around to try it yesterday, and it exeded even my best expectations. Now, there is only one regret regarding this - when you take a spin to enjoy your work, the centrifugal force sends the dirty water from the edge of the rim, drawing black lines on your nice white stripes - i guess you cant have everything . | |
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