12-24-2014, 11:20 AM | #1 |
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Radial tires
Has anyone found and used radial tires ? Good or bad ?
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12-24-2014, 12:46 PM | #2 |
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Re: Radial tires
Their pricy Work good on modern cars Don't know about on A's
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12-24-2014, 12:48 PM | #3 |
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Re: Radial tires
A lot of guys here are using radials. Mostly 16 inchers. They seem to like them. I'm holding out till I can afford a set of 19 inchers.
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12-24-2014, 01:00 PM | #4 |
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12-24-2014, 01:12 PM | #5 |
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Try Coker Tire for one Macs I think
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12-24-2014, 05:23 PM | #6 |
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12-24-2014, 08:35 PM | #7 |
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Re: Radial tires
I have COKER's so far so good....
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12-25-2014, 10:25 AM | #8 |
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If you drive a lot, switch to radials! The difference in ride, handling and braking is like the difference between night and day! I had four 15" Jeep rims lying around and just for fun bought two Goodyear Wranglers from Walmart and bolted them on the rear! What a difference! I then ordered new cast iron brake drums for the front (the studs are too short for both a wheel spacer and rim), installed longer studs and mounted two more Wranglers on the front! Even though the car is stock and the radials make it look like a hot rod, I will never go back to bias ply! I have already found two 16" wire V8 wheels and when I find two more I will put 16" radials on the car!
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12-25-2014, 10:50 AM | #9 |
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Coker Tire sells both 19" and 21" steel belted radial tires. The Roadster Pickup was the first car we did and then put them on a 29 sedan to see the 21" size both work very well. They don't make them in White Wall yet.
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12-26-2014, 01:09 AM | #10 |
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Re: Radial tires
Do you use inner tubes?
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12-26-2014, 10:28 AM | #12 |
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They were right there, I didn't look far enough.
My main question was how they were liked or disliked. Apparently everyone likes them, thats good to know. I remember how terrible some of the cars in the 50s and 60s handled and rode, and when radials came out how big a difference they made in them. |
12-26-2014, 11:08 AM | #13 |
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Yes, to inner tubes and Excelsior.
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12-26-2014, 11:09 AM | #14 |
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We like the ride quality, and because we put so many miles on a car the tread wear warranty of 50,000 miles is very nice. You would have to buy the regular tires two and a half times to get that much wear.
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12-26-2014, 12:02 PM | #15 |
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John,
How do the rolling diameters compare for the 21" radials vs. stock? |
12-26-2014, 12:13 PM | #16 |
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It is a little larger, but don't recall the exact dimensions and that car is stored at the ranch so won't see it for a few days. These tires are a little larger than the Goodyear 450-21" but because they were put on a fordor sedan they work well. You also get a little more tread on the ground because they are a little wider than the original. I did get it into the fender well on the roadster pickup but it is a squeeze.
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12-26-2014, 11:08 PM | #17 |
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12-26-2014, 11:30 PM | #18 |
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Yes, got the tubes from Coker when I ordered the tires. Very nice tubes with metal valve stems and they are radial tubes.
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12-27-2014, 12:04 AM | #19 |
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Does anyone know how the radial inner tubes differ from bias tubes? Thanks
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12-27-2014, 11:39 AM | #20 |
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Summitt offers free shipping, possibly Jeg's also. Both handle Excelsior.
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