A83 Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 I have some cooper white wall tires on my 1983 Avanti and they're starting to crack even though they Don't have much mileage on them Are cokers any good Any advice would be appreciated Many thanks A83
wildfelr Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 RQB3263/81/305 I AM IN SAME SITUATION.....3263 HAS CONTINENTAL P205/60R16 THAT I INSTALLED 11 YRS AGO ...... RELATIVELY LOW MILAGE AND NO PROBLEMS ..... I PLAN TO REPLACE THEM MID SEPT. AND THE ONLY WHITE WALL/GOLDLINE AVAILABLE (THAT I HAVE FOUND) ARE VOGUE TIRES.... I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS .... BUT WILL PROBABLY BITE THE BULLET AND BUY VOGUE ....THE CLOSEST TO MY 205s ARE 225s AT $300.00 + EACH......OUCH .... GOOGLE VOGUE TIRES THEY HAVE A GOOD WEBSITE ..... BILL IN FLORIDA
64studeavanti Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 AFAIK modern tires have a short life, maybe 5 years. I have a set of BFG, 205R15, on one of the Avantis, maybe 12 years old, always in garage, they have cracked sidewalls. I also have a set of Coker Bias tires, 6.70x15. They are about the same age and still look good. Bought some Coker American Classic, 670R15, last year. Too soon to tell how they hold up.
A83 Posted June 24 Author Report Posted June 24 Thank you both very much - heard good things about Cokers- will check out Vogues
Skip Lackie Posted June 25 Report Posted June 25 Have had good luck with Coker bias-ply white walls, but never owned their radials. I have Diamond Back radials on a couple of my cars. They will even make custom white walls in special widths. Their white walls are still white after many years.
mfg Posted June 27 Report Posted June 27 Some great deals on new tires on the internet…. And many tire stores offer free shipping to your address.
plwindish Posted September 29 Report Posted September 29 I'm late to the post, but I've had good luck with Vogue Red lines that have the white wall. I ordered them through Tire rack.com. I started looking for other tires after getting the new aluminum Halibrand wheels from Real Rodders. Coker's were back ordered on me twice so I looked around and found the Vougues which were $100 per tire cheaper than the Cokers and came with a warranty. They were shipped to my local tire shop within 3 days of buying online and I've been very happy with them in the nearly year and a half that I've had them. They ride nice, no road noise and clean up quite easily.
wildfelr Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 RQB3263/81 I also very recently installed VOGUE TIRES with excellent results .....the majority of the WANDERING characteristic in king pin Avanti is almost gone, superior ride..... (i did everything else reasonably to eliminate the FLOAT without success) and they look great !! trivia Q.... do you know where they are made ?
Nelson Posted October 1 Report Posted October 1 1 hour ago, wildfelr said: RQB3263/81 I also very recently installed VOGUE TIRES with excellent results .....the majority of the WANDERING characteristic in king pin Avanti is almost gone, superior ride..... (i did everything else reasonably to eliminate the FLOAT without success) and they look great !! trivia Q.... do you know where they are made ? No, but I would like to know.
StingrayHawaii Posted October 27 Report Posted October 27 Found some Uniroyals at Walmart and they ride well and look good are inexpensive!
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