coker-firestone 560x15 widewhites

I just bought a set, and they have pimples all over the whites, I run widewhites on all my cars and have never seen this before, anybody bought these and have this problem? these are the ones with the firestone name raised in the white area

 

Pimples? Proactive solution....

 

Contact Coker - they should make it right - they're a top notch vendor.

 

there telling me its normal,

 

I've used them on 5 of my cars now and never seen pimples ???

 

I bought a set of 4 of their "Original Mold" Firestone WWs (560-15 and 820-15) with tubes, for my 40 coupe about this time last year. Had the same problem, little tits all over them. Not happy, so while I was at the GGs show here last year, I went to their booth and questioned them about that, some 18 year old kid was working the booth and assured me they were using the "Orig" Firestone molds and they were all that way back in the 50s. Well I'm 67 years old and have bought lots of various brands back in the 50s and early 60s and NONE of them had this problem then, told the kid that and he assured me I must be mistaken. Their solution to the problem was to dismount them and pay the freight back to CA and they would refund my money for the tires only.
The tires have good bright white walls, look authenic as the orig ones, except for the tits. They did balance out nice, have put about 200 miles on them, and are still on the car, tits and all. Oh Well!!!

 

Hi there

I ordered a set for my Ride.

They also had the pimples you described.

Problem is, I am in France, so I cannot afford the expense of reposting in order to get refund on the tires only.

Fitted to car and seemed OK. Just is visible close up, I guess. And I don't have a show car (well I do, but not this one), so...

Bye

 

thanks, yeah well i didnt unwrap them d balance, got sick when i looked at them, the whites are nice, and I like tits just not on tires, ill try to call then again, thanks steve

 

Can one of you guys put a few pictures up for the rest of us?

 

Not even the HAMB discount and Coker's customer service is gonna get me in a set of Cokers-too many problems.

 

Ill get some pictures up later, who else are you going to buy from? I did a model a for a customer last year we used tires from lucas, they were real nice, but you cant get a small front tire from them, with the right tread and white. I usually run big fronts like on my cabriolet 670x15, but some cars need the small fronts

 

well, they always did say, "if it's got tits or tires" but they never said anything about tits ON yer tires!

 

So is COKER the only game in town? That's a bummer if you can't get a desent set of tires even from Coker!

 

Try a company called Diamond Back Classsics. Last I delt with these folks they were in Conway, South Carolina. Put a set on my 37 slant back and they look great and the white walls are as white as snow and no tits.

I've also had good luck with Coker white wall Firestones for my 33 coupe no tits on those either.

 

I've got those tires, and don't have any issues....maybe I'm not understanding what you're talking about.

put a pic up someone....

 

pics

 

Diamondback has a very good rep on the board, just doesn't give us the discount like Coker-there are a whole lot of threads on the Coker tires, and then the bisa vs. radial thing, look them up and learn. Most trouble with Coker seems to be with their radials, not bias tires.

 

A little easier to see.

 

Can you sand them out? I know that it would not be what you are looking for, but I bet they would "sand/buff" by hand out. Just a thought.

Chris Nelson
Kansas

 

The set i have on my 50 chevy have those and i never noticed. The've been on the car for 5 years or so. But they are not as big .Maybe the old mold is finaly breaking down... crap i better order about 8 sets, it might get worse...

 

That's not as bad as I thought they would be actually. I've seen those on white wall tires before and never even considered it a defect. Is there a real issue with them that I'm not aware of or is it just asthetics?

 

yup.my firestones have those too...like druss said,,thats the injection mold nipples...as far as i know most all WWW firestones have those...

 

Okay, guess I have to live with them, I wonder why some guys have then and some dont? I suppose its a firestone thing. thanks for the replies and the info, by the way they balance out good and go down the road nice.

 

tits, nipples, ....you guys turn everything perverted...


Todd

 

Turn your headlights off.
They will then go back down.
easy fix.

 

Maybe they're cold.

I haven't tried to sand on a tire before, but I would think you should be able to sand or buff them off, if they bother you. I thought about a sharp single edge razor blade (like from the parts store for gasket scrapers, etc.) but I figgure in my hands they would dig divots into the sidewall bigger than the bumps there now.

 

Pimples.. we call them tits, they ‘re mold tits from the relief vents. Pneumatic tires will have mold tits on their outer surface. These pressure relief vents allow any air trapped between the surface of the tire and the inside of the mold to escape so that the rubber can flow evenly through the mold cavity. There has to be plenty of vents or you’ll get air pockets or flow problems. These mold tits are trimmed at the same time as the tread tits, but specific to the Firestone tires with the Firestone log embossed in the white side wall, such as the 5.60-15 – they can NOT be trimmed as close without cutting into the lettering itself. Now there are wide white wall tires that don’t have tits. These are the tires that don’t have the logo embossed in the white wall; on these tires, the white wall is actually buffed smooth.
We’ve been building Firestone antique tires since 1993. We are using original Firestone molds; The finishing process is the same as it was in 1933.

Hope this clears up the confusion.

Thanks,

Jess



Customer Service Manager
Coker Tire Co.
1-800-251-6336
www.Coker.com

 

Coker should resolve this issue.I have bought many firestone tires in my years from Lucas tire in Long Beach,and have NEVER had that "Pimple" issue.

 

I owned a tire shop for over 20 years and sold alot of 560-15 Firestones to the guys with bombs & VW's and never seen these "tits" or injection reliefs as called.... honestly! they look like Blems to me!!

 

Great, I saw this thread and after reading what you were talking about,
I went to check mine and mine are even worse.