White wall Tires for C-Bodies

[Bryan]

Thanks guys --- That should have been Discount Tires Direct, not Tires Discount Direct... Duh..

 

[1978 NYB]

Yes they do..

x3............

 

[Pete Kaczmarski]

I scour craigslist and the swap meets....last year purchased 5, p23575r15 with the 1 5/8" wider white wall from a swap space. They came from a Cadillac with a couple thousand miles on them and the car was totaled out. I got him down to $275 for all five. On my '59 Imperial the 9.50-14 wide white wall tires are 25 years old and no dry rot etc. I don't want to push it much more and considering four new ones but at $238 each for bias plies....Ouch

I wont surrender these tires until they're done. They need us to keep replacing tires otherwise they're out of business

 

[Mr C]

Yup, C bodies ,in general, need white walls...they just look "wrong" without them. There are very few that can pull off the RWL look.

 

[Stormer]

RWL can look very dated.

 

[Bryan]

Back when I was young and didn't know any better, I put L78 white letter tigerpaws on my 69 300 convertible. I thought it was pretty cool at the time, but thinking back....... Naaaa. Later, I got a really nice set of nearly new Uniroyal Royal Seals from a guy that took them off a Caddy. I bought them based on price at the time, but they looked a lot better.

 

[tbm3fan]

http://www.treaddepot.com/tire/147450.html

They are available as I checked them out for my Park Lane 4 weeks ago. For me they are essentially $499 balance, installed and tax locally ordered. Based on reports I have read I'd take the Toyo over the Aurora.

 

[detmatt]

I just bought Cooper Trendsetter SE's for the Imp, $497 out the door.

 

[bluefury361]

I've always had good luck with Coopers......

Sorry..... There will be NO Chinese tires on my car.

 

[commando1]

I just bought Cooper Trendsetter SE's for the Imp, $497 out the door.

That's what I have, also.

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[polara71]

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Sorry..... There will be NO Chinese tires on my car.[/B][/FONT]

Here,here.....

 

[1978 NYB]

The next question is what do you think about valve stems on road wheels? Would you use a short or long black rubber standard valve stem? The chrome sleeved type? Or an aluminum two piece machined type?

 

[commando1]

Oh the decisions, decisions, decisions...
Ummm... chrome, please.

 

[70NPORT]

I'll be going thru the same questions when its time for my new tires too...don't know about road wheels on my car would look as good as they would on NYB's car.

 

[commando1]

FCBO COMMANDMENT #1:

Road Wheels look great on all C-bodies except Slabbies.
Where have you been, Gary.
We've discussed this.

 

[tbm3fan]

I've always had good luck with Coopers......

Sorry..... There will be NO Chinese tires on my car.

What about Japanese made in the U.S.?

 

[70NPORT]

FCBO COMMANDMENT #1:

Road Wheels look great on all C-bodies except Slabbies.
Where have you been, Gary.
We've discussed this.

Yes, I remember

 

[300rag]

FCBO COMMANDMENT #1:

Road Wheels look great on all C-bodies except Slabbies.
Where have you been, Gary.
We've discussed this.

I thought commandment #1 was "III not 111"

 

[cm23uoc]

You mixed that up with Commandoment 1 or is it Commandoment I ?

 

[commando1]

I thought commandment #1 was "III not 111"

The Council is meeting as we speak to discuss this issue.