To white wall or not to white wall

6PKRTSE · Jan 17, 2020

The factory wheels with the wire hub caps on my Yorker need the white wall tires replaced. I put on the road wheels for awhile now with the black walls out. Should I go with the white walls back on the old steel wheels or no?
Here are 2 pictures of both wheel and tire combinations I run, the first 2 are the white walls.

What brand/size white wall tires does everyone recommend. Looks like they are getting hard to find.

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cbarge · Jan 17, 2020

What year,make and model?

6PKRTSE · Jan 17, 2020

Sorry, 74, New Yorker.

cbarge · Jan 17, 2020

2357515
Good luck scoring whitewalls in that size.
There is a thread about that.
They are out there--youi just have to look real hard-- smart like.

300rag · Jan 17, 2020

You need to find whitewalls. The blackwalls would be okay if your car had scoops.

ayilar · Jan 17, 2020

Based on my personal experience with two fuselage Dodges and about 4k miles in the past 2 years, I recommend the Hankook Optimo H724. Very comfortable, yet handles well both in the fast lane on the highway and on smaller, curvier roads — at least in the dry, as I’ve managed to not drive my cars in the wet. These tires scream a bit in parking lots, but not on the road. Very quiet / super comfy otherwise.

At some point an announcement was made that they’d been discontinued: Get your Hankook Optimo H724 WW tires while you can!

AFAICT, however, they continue to be made and sold.

75LandYacht · Jan 17, 2020

White walls PLEASE.. I have Coppers on both my NYB’s.. my local tire shop had to search, but found them.. as mentioned! They’re out there.

75LandYacht · Jan 17, 2020

Oh! And put the skirts back on.. :poke:

Handsome car by the way.

bluefury361 · Jan 17, 2020

cbarge said:
2357515
Good luck scoring whitewalls in that size.
There is a thread about that.
They are out there--youi just have to look real hard-- smart like.

That car is just begging for whitewalls.............
I ordered 5 235x75x15' Trendsetter II's for my Polara from these folks...... Free shipping. $80.00 each.

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Tires | Tire Crawler TireCrawler.com

Hankooks just don't have that period look.

cbarge · Jan 17, 2020

Good to know the ww are still out there.
Through my work,none of my suppliers can get them anymore.
Which mean full retail pop for me,LOL!!

jollyjoker · Jan 17, 2020

Beautiful car. WHITEWALLS please, on the road wheels!

JC68vert300 · Jan 17, 2020

I would keep the road wheels on, but would add white walls. I have the Cooper Trendsetter radials on my Chrysler. Nice looking New Yorker.

Welder guy · Jan 17, 2020

White Walls on road wheels is a classic look

413 · Jan 17, 2020

ayilar said:
Based on my personal experience with two fuselage Dodges and about 4k miles in the past 2 years, I recommend the Hankook Optimo H724. Very comfortable, yet handles well both in the fast lane on the highway and on smaller, curvier roads — at least in the dry, as I’ve managed to not drive my cars in the wet. These tires scream a bit in parking lots, but not on the road. Very quiet / super comfy otherwise.

At some point an announcement was made that they’d been discontinued: Get your Hankook Optimo H724 WW tires while you can!

AFAICT, however, they continue to be made and sold.

I own these tires on a 1961 Chrysler without A/C. I wouldn’t buy them again. They are worn on the outside edges from cornering on the highway, not from alignment problems. I’m not autocrossing or slalom driving either. My wife doesn’t think I drive to fast, and she is pretty conservative.

They do ride nice going down the highway, smooth and quiet. I do like that quality in them.

Duncan · Jan 17, 2020

I concur with the others - Whitewalls Please (but you can leave off the skirts [sorry LandYacht], I think the car looks so much lighter and lithe without them). If you have an America's Tire store nearby (which is where I got mine), they carry like six choices, including the Cooper and Hankook. At very reasonable prices imho.