I have Cooper Tires on the 67 BGT 175x14 and am very happy with them. I
am replacing the Michelin X's on the A coupe which I discover were put
on the car in 81!!!. Tread on the X's is great, sidewalls and belts
starting to dry rot and crack. Going with Coopers. I'd rather go with a
less expensive tire at this point since the cars will be sitting more
than our everyday cars and replacing every 6 years now makes sense to me.
My 2 cents,
Dave Houser
Paul Root wrote:
> So the time has come to replace the Michelin XZXs on the car. I bet
> they are 10 years old.
>
> I'm going with 185/70R14s. As I can't afford to buy new wheels at this
> time (from Kelvin :-) or anyone else really)
>
> I'm trying to figure out what to get. I need 5. The spare isn't really a
> tire anymore. Unless I go to a junk yard and get a compact spare out
> of an Altima or something.
>
> I've been looking at Tire Rack and they have a couple of tire choices.
> There is the Kumho Power Star 758. Looks like an economy car tire, it's
> wear rating is 400AA.
>
> Or there is the Sumitomo HTR 200. H Rated, and looks pretty nice.
>
> The Sumitomo's are out of stock until mid July. I can probably live
> with that.
>
> The Kumho's are also available at Discount Tire, which would be very
> easy to just drive in and have the tires put on for pretty cheap.
> Probably a better price than tires + shipping + mount/balance from
> TireRack.
>
> Other tires to look at?
>
> Any opinions.
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