Hot Rods Anyone heard of Towel city tires?

Hey guys so I'm in the market for some wide whites and found this company. http://www.towelcityracingtires.com...elcityracingtires.com/Front_Runners.html#2728

The tires are recaps to look like bias but are radials. They have a great price on them but I've never heard of the company. Anyone with any experience running these?

Thanks,
George

 

Yup! I have a pair of their 28.5X8 cheater slicks on my daily driver T-Bucket. Love 'em! Talk to Herb there, he'll get you set up.

 

Oh cool, I was kind of worried with never hearing of them. What's the tread life on the tires? Are recaps safe for daily driving?

 

I just bought a pair of their 10" cheater slicks, they told me 2-3 weeks for delivery, I got them 3 days after placing the order. Can't beat their service. Nice slicks too. Jibs

 

Thanks guys, anyone have a set of the wide whites?

 

more on them here
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/towel-city-retreading-co.739638/

 

Towel City is a top notch place to do business

 

I have seen several guys around this area running the Towel City Cheater slicks. HRP

 

Do they do regular white walls for p***enger cars?

 

Yes they do they're called
Front runners.

 

I get that but I saw the caddy in the customers cars section

 

Towel City hhas been around almost forever. Back in the 60s they capped dirt track racing tires, still do.

 

They are good tires.

 

yep, good tires!

 

Growing up, the only tires my dad put on his truck were recaps.

 

I've got a pair on the back of my coupe that I bought last year. I've had no complaints other than being cheater slicks, they aren't very good in the rain. I'm taking them off this spring and saving them for my dragster project.

 

I'm running the cheaters and front runners, mounted good and run good down the road

 

But are they good enough for daily drivers?

 

Very happy with my Towel city tires.
Great company to deal with, thanks Herb

 

I was running a set of Hoosier Street Radials. 31 /12.50/15 I had a vibration after mounting them I couldn't get out. After checking for roundness they were both off. Hoosier wouldn't do anything so I ran them till they wore out. Went with Towel City blackwall pie crust cheaters. Also ordered a set of front runners. I couldn't believe how much they smoothed my ride. They come out of the hole better and ride better. Quality and service were great. Shipping is high cause they are heavy. It's all I will put on now. I love em had the grooving put on outside edges. Worked good in the rain in Austin at LSRU. I like the way they are hand grooved look more like the old days than the molded tires. But I don't like all the perfect cars nowadays as that is not how I remember them. I have about 1500 miles on em and they are great.

 

They were the track tire when I ran at Islip. I came close to becoming a distributor too. They held up pretty well on asphalt tracks and wore out before any defect showed its ugly head.

 

Just got back from towel city Fri. 5/1/2015. Guess you can say i drove down to the factory and picked them up....cheaper that way... sorry had to quote johnny cash !! But heres mine... Seem and feel like they will do great. They sure look awesome !! Great guys and i feel they would take care of any problems that may arise.

 

Wicked '55 there. Great shoes !