Guy I work with was complaining about the Michelins on his explorer. I have BFG Radial T/As on the 70, they've been on there for at least five years, no complaints yet.
I've been working part time in tire shops since the late '80's. I gotta agree about the look of the T/A tires, they are the quintessential muscle tire. And, they make a great sound when spinning . However, if you are going to run them, you should: 1) Get frequent alignments. Otherwise the tires are susceptible to the rubber cracking between the treads, which can lead to blowouts. 2) Watch the sidewalls for cracking. Nowadays most manufacturers recommend that no tire should be used after it is 8-10 years old, regardless of remaining tread depth. However with the BFG's, I would say that after 6 years you should be on "high alert" (even if you keep your car in the garage). I've seen many instances of the T/A tires blowing out due to cracks, even though the owners thought that the tires were in good shape (due to tread depth). Personally, I run the Firestones, but I'm not gonna disagree with anyone using BFG's, providing they are cautious as outlined above... -Bob c.
Slots and Eagle ST's look great also. I agree about the outline white letters... they look ok on trucks, but not muscle cars.
Second that:TU: Plus, I prefer Firestone "firehawk" Indy 500 tires. grips the road better in my opinion.
Retail price is $285 for the G60's. As for price, they are speciality tires and there is only one tire manuifacturing facility in the North America that is capable of building passenger car bias tires.... you heard me right, ONLY ONE!!! And if you think that the speciality tires are price gouging, Michelins are due for an 8% mark up very soon. Most of the tire brands are jumping up in price as well. Oh yeah, Polyglas for me please!!!!
Tell Kelsey to try a ONE WEEK sale, for lets say $200ea, or buy any 3 at full price and get the 4th one free, or something like that, and let's see if sales go up. $200 ea is a God's plenty. Any more than that is just greed/gouging.
What is the stock tire size for cars equipped with 14's from the factory? I am in the market for new tires and I want to get something that will look nice, be close to original in size and practical for a daily driver:TU: I have Cragar SS's on my car but honestly I would prefer the Buick rallys with some redline tires
Sorry Tom, but these are speciality tires. Yes, I know the price is up there, so is Coker. Pricing a set of tires for the truck this next year, $140-180 a tire. If you want the best price out there, all you have to do is call me.
i priced a set of polygkas tires for my X for the GSX reunion. i put a nice set of uniroyals on it for the price of 1 polyglas tire. you only get price gouged if you allow it to happen.
Brad, is that the GSX prototype? This is a little off topic, but I love the blacked out rim look. :TU: Did any GS or GSX's get blacked out rims? The Goodyear G60x15 repros are $230 each. I think that's silly, but if you have a $60K wrapped up in a 1970 Corvette resto, then the repro tire companies feel that another $1000 for tires to complete your restoration is justified. There's absolutely nothing wrong with the bias-plys today, they're good tires, they won't explode or come apart, contrary to popular belief. They are DOT approved, they look great. But they ride like crap, they wander all over the road, and you'll knock out a filling or two on today's roads. They aren't really intended for driving, they're for shows and static displays. I still have my receipt for two F70x15 Firestone redlines I bought in 1999, they were $92 each. I bought two more in 2000, and they were $108 each. I wasn't thrilled with the price increase. Now they're $193 each, so they go up about $20 a year. There's no reason for the increase in price, other than the Coker folks watched too many televised Barrett-Jackson auctions on TV, and saw $100K-$200K cars wearing their tires, so they jacked their prices accordingly. Now that times are tough, project cars have fallen way off, restorations have fallen off, and Musclecar prices dropped. They need to bring their tire prices back down to reality, or they'll be the next business to fold. But unfortunately, as fewer people buy these tires, they jack the prices to make the same profit for the company. Biggest ripoff are the BFG radial redlines or Diamondbacks. They take a P215/70R15 BFG Radial TA they normally sell for $80, put a red stripe on it, and sell it for $195. I also saw that they now repro the Goodyear Polysteel radials, used on Trans Am's and Corvettes in the late 70's. It's your basic cheapo radial tire, but in the same mold as the original. $300 each? Seriously? uzzled:
Good quality, reasonable price, they last a long time and look good on the car. Now if you find another 245X60X16 for the price with the longevity handling and looks I would consider them
And they ride like bricks. I had those on my car once and couldn't get them off fast enough. Put the Indy 500 Firetones on mine and am much happier.
Yep, sure is. And notice those are NOT repro Polyglas's...they're the real deal. You can tell by the spacing between "Polyglas" and "GT"...If you can put 2 fingers between the above, you have NOS Polyglas's, if only 1 finger, they are the repro's. It took me several years to piece together a complete set of NOS tires. Nothing else used the blacked out centers.
Tim, the problem is they are getting phased out. At least in the States. last I checked 235/60/15 was the closest you could get, and those were getting hard to find. Too bad really, the Eagle ST were my favorite of the WRL Radials.
