Firestone or Goodyear??

[WHN]

Originally Posted by BillEbob

The Firestones on my car were put on by previous owner (P.O.) about 7 years ago. They are very weather cracked and dry rotted; this is why I began this thread. I will not drive them on the highway.

I began asking about preferences between the two brands because I was told by one well admired parts vendor that the Goodyear brand rode better and proved worthy of their extra cost.

I was hoping to discern comments akin to that statement.

If you live in a hot area, with a lot of sun light, and leave you car out in the sun.

The tires are going to weather faster.

I have a car that hasn’t been outside over night in over 40 years. Never left in sun more than a few hours. Tires look brand new, Firestone’s. Tires are 15 years old with about 4,000 miles. I should drive this car more.

They ride and handle great. All mechanicals on car have been rebuilt to factory spec’s. This helps.

Tires are maybe like oil. We all have our own view of what is best.

Just don’t leave them in the sun if you can help it. Enjoy.

[BillEbob]

My final question: Have any of you discovered a website seller who offers free shipping on Goodyear tires? I have been quoted $25/tire for shipping!

[SeaSlugs]

Originally Posted by BillEbob

My final question: Have any of you discovered a website seller who offers free shipping on Goodyear tires? I have been quoted $25/tire for shipping!

have you called any of these places? usually they work with you if you buy in sets. also if you can ship to a commercial address thats cheaper as well. I got 4 20" AA tires and flaps shipped for $80 from CA to IL doing that.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cok-73200/overview/

check summit - free shipping and carry coker tires in firestone and goodwrench.

[CapeCod_28A]

Originally Posted by BillEbob

My final question: Have any of you discovered a website seller who offers free shipping on Goodyear tires? I have been quoted $25/tire for shipping!

I just ordered 5 new Goodyear tires and shipping was $145 ($29/tire). I looked around and couldn't find any prices that were much better.

[Gary Karr]

I just changed Schrader valve stems on both my Tudor with Firestones and OCPU with Goodyears. It was an unbelievable chore to dismount and remount the Firestones. It took two of us to get them remounted. The Goodyears on the other hand were easy to dismount and remount. From now on, I will use Goodyear tires only.

[CapeCod_28A]

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This is good to know with the Goodyears. I really had no information to go by when it came to tires so I went on the conversion here on and it sounded like many liked the Goodyear tires.


The current tires on the car are Marathon INSA's, made in Canada. From my little research, these where an older inexpensive reproduction tire. I could be totally wrong.

[updraught]

Going by this size difference:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages...tml?1473548635

and these diff ratios:

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showp...0&postcount=16

The 2.65% bigger Firestones put you almost half way to a 3.54 diff ratio?

[a_crazy]

on the tire topic... I wonder if anyone can tell me how that military tread is ... I mean that non directional ... "NDCC" ? how does it perform ? are they good in mud and snow?

[rogerkb1936]

goodyear does it for me. better looking and the 19" will fit in fender well, where firestone will not (unless deflated). 14000 mi on goodyear on my pickup, about half worn

[steve s]

Concerning tire storage, my understanding of rubber chemistry is that the main culprit for degradation is ozone--not heat, cold, sun, dry, wet, or anything else. Ozone "normally" is only produced by sparks in the air, which are normally only produced by crappy electric motors, like old furnace blowers or my Lionel train layout. Alternatively, my college roommate from southern California told me they had to replace their wipers every time it rained because the ozone produced by the photochemical smog ate the rubber so quickly.

For whatever reason, my experience with Allstate tires is similar to others'. I stored my Ford in 1965 and when I retrieved it 22 years later, the tires seemed as good as when I parked it in Grandma's garage (unheated, no electric motors or toy trains nearby).

[TerryO]

my college roommate from southern California told me they had to replace their wipers every time it rained because the ozone produced by the photochemical smog ate the rubber so quickly.

I remember a song from the early 70's that said "It Never Rains in Southern California" so that may not be any more often than the rest of us.

Just teasing...

TerryO

[steve s]

Originally Posted by Gil Sissons

And the other option available today are the radials.
Coker sells them in 500/19 and 550/19.
Run about $250+ each.
Have a club member with the 500/19 on his roadster and he loves them.
Just a thought.
Gil. NoCal

I would like to hear more about how these look and work. Tube or tubeless? Exactly how are they better?

[steve s]

Originally Posted by TerryO

I remember a song from the early 70's that said "It Never Rains in Southern California" so that may not be any more often than the rest of us.

Just teasing...

TerryO

No tease necessary, Terry. The fact that it basically only rained once a year or so was an equally big part of the fellow's point along with the air pollution. We just expected air pollution back then! My understanding was that the difference between them and the rest of us was that wiper disintegration was so complete that not swapping them out was really not an option.

[jhowes]

I don't know if they are tube or tubeless but I suspect that they carry a tube just because of the 80 year old designed rims. I put them on my 1965 corvair (then new) and found they had excellent road manners, but, I had to realign the front end because they have a smaller "slip" angle than the bias ply. Road cracks and imperfections are masked out by the radial tires. Just my experience. Jack