There is nothing quite as breathtaking as a shorn scrotum....or tires.

Two points for ya Stevo, there's and old saing that's something like fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on you. What happens after being shamed six times...

I'm pretty sure you only paid $360 for the Hurst cheaters.

I just got a set of tires froms Stevo that were used. I had them mounted and balanced, (with a LOT of weights, inside and out) and so far, not issues. I have a set of Hurst cheaters that I ran to Louisville last summer and prolly have about 1500 miles on with NO issues. Except that one side was wearing a little faster. I found out that this is from too many burnouts with a limited-slip rearend. So now I rotate a lot.

Personally plowboy, with your name recognition here, I'd be asking to speak to Sorky personally. I'm sure he'd be all over this pronto.

 

Aaron, you shoulda made yer own tires.
I've never had a problem with Cokers but the stories of people who have are plentiful.

 

Hey, Noob.......how about you post a few pics of your *traditional* car with its $1900 set of wheels.........who's the *gold chainer* here? Integrity?

I doubt that you have much at all.......sounds like you're the one who needs the realistic flames, Ididit column, and the Vintage Air......

Let's see what you've got......I've shown mine.....put up or shut up.

CB

 

lots of bad news for the bias tires...i've been looking alot at them...but so far i have been looking at the Radir tires.......anyone have any major *****es about Radir?????gotta love the looks, but i want to DRIVE MY TOPOLINO!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Just got mine in, didn't see this post, pretty sad we get gouged for the traditional tires to begin with and then have to gamble if they are even any good...I am not even sure I want to take the plastic off. Anybody know their policy, can they be returned? Or am I screwed? I may as well just hang them on the wall if this many people are having problems. Has to be a guy on here or two that represents Coker....

IF YOU ARE FROM COKER, STAND UP AND SPEAK UP, WHAT'S THE DEAL?

We pay you are money to buy your "premium product" and get junk. If mind end up being out of round, I'll make it my mission to let EVERYONE know about the inferior products you guys sell.

COKER, MAKE IT RIGHT!

 

if your mounting guy has trouble seating the bead, the tire may not be centered on the rim correctly. the last set of bias ply tires i bought in 80's, when they were still available at regular tires stores, were from western auto. they struggled with seating the bead, used a strap, had 2 ****in' guys holding the tires, and it took forever for all 5 to get mounted and 'balanced'.

i put 'em on my 63 cadillac and they felt like ****! i thought the lugs were loose or they bent the rims, whatever. i went to a little shop by my house, he broke 'em all back down, re-seated 'em and that was it! rode like a dream after that. so much for 'mount and balance included'...

 

there's no Coker Tires in the header, so corky won't see it, and it won't get closed 'til ryan sees it

 

Scottybaccus, 10 oz. on a 235 is outrageous. I mounted lots of bias and radial tires back in the 70's and 80's with NO weights, and NO shimmy. I agree with most of you that say the problem is in how they are made.

 

Almost all Cokers i've gotten needed to be shaved, i just kind of factored it in changing rubber.. but there was a pair of 500-525-16 'Firestone' blackwalls. They were so bad they had nearly 1/2" hop! No matter how many times we rotated the mounting, no matter what 16" rim we tried, they were ****ed. Messed up mold.. so i'd stay away from those.. Coker wouldnt take them back "Because they were mounted" ..**** my life..

 

Not traditional, but halibrands aren't cheap when you make $17.00/hour with a 2 year old. I did it with a 392 hemi to boot because I give a **** about integrity. If I'm wrong tell me I'm wrong. Don't question my dedication.

 

How's that?

 

The amount you earn and the age of your kids has zero to do with dedication.

Some of the most dedicated rodders I've met were affluent because they needed better parts and made a stronger 9-5 hustle to afford those parts. And kidless because they didn't let human relationships between them and the cars.

What does all the gold chainer **** you injected into this thread have to do with round tires?

 

Good point, I'm new here, so I'll shut up. I just got pissed because I don't like being called full of **** when I am not (which is rare). I didn't know coker had problems and was just trying to say that you guys should not let this get in your way.

 

****! I just bought a pair of 17" wires ( '34 Chev Deluxe ) and I "was" going to put a set of 5.50x17 from Coker (we get them down here thru a series of dealers) but I'm a bit gun-shy on these now ( I doubt any one here in N.Z. can shave a tyre ) and they dont make a cl***ic radial in 17", ****!!

 

A lot of older aluminum wheels are like that. I have a set of beautiful 66 vintage MT 5 spokes (torque thust clones), and I can't find anyone in the area that knows how to balance them. I called 8 or 10 shops, and no one even knew what I was talking about. I've considered having them balanced on the car, but I believe they have to be bolted back on in the exact orientation to the hub (because the whole thing is balanced). I might be wrong about that though.

 

Has anyone ever used anything like Dyna Beads in their tires to balance them? I have a set of old Foresight Drag Mags and I hate the idea of putting weights on the fronts of them.

 

is a high post count really that important?

 

Real cute.........you really know how to make friends and influence people here don't you, newbie?

I really don't give a **** how much you make or how old your kids are.......you are the one who dissed me because I am smart enough to run radial tires that happen to look pretty traditional.......all your ******** about how I need all of the gold chainer accessories........where do you get off with that ****......I still say show your ****ing car! Then you can talk about mine.....

You need to shut up and do a little more listening before you go off and get your post count up with a bunch of nonsensical comments.....

I will have no more words with you as you aren't worth my time.....

CB

 

Cuznbrucie, what size tire do you have up front? I would like an alternative to cokers ribbed fronts for my modified. I dont know how to mentally convert the metric sizes. And I remember you saying they were pricey. How bad?

 

cuznbrucie, I see on your web site you were running dirt trackers on your coupe at one time, how did these go?

 

The whole set of four Coker Cl***ic Blackwall Radials was $839 with the Alliance Discount.......here's the details:

Bruce,

Thank you for your recent inquiry into Coker Tire. The 550R16's
are $155.75ea, the 750R16's are $197.58ea, tubes are $15.50ea, and
shipping is $70.57, bringing the grand total to $839.23. If you have
any other questions please feel free to contact me.

Thanks,

Jerry Preisel

Hope that helps you out....

CB

 

The ribbed dirt track fronts I had ****ed........I had two different sets on the front.......Coker tried to make it right,.......Corky had me send the first pair to him at his expense and he put a brand new set of them on my wheels and balanced and nounted to *match* the rim, etc.........got them back.......same old ****.......bumping and bouncing at 55 mph.........I was fed up by that time.....
That's when I decided to go for the bundle and buy the set of radials........

And I have never been sorry.....they look very *bias ply* but roll sweet and handlw very well.........

You know....there's some very good reasons why bias ply tires went the way of dinosaurs........mainly because they are just inferior to radial construction.......simple as that.......

CB

 

You know....there's some very good reasons why bias ply tires went the way of dinosaurs........mainly because they are just inferior to radial construction.......simple as that.......

That's the bottom line,old tires were rubbish.
As far as mounting goes, some wheels are hub centric, and are balanced with a big cone in the midle of the wheel, and other later wheels maybe lug centric, and need to be balanced with a stud balancer. If the wheel is not absolutely perfect in the middle it will never balance right.NZ Rodder, there are places where you can get your tires/tyres skimmed/shaved, thoughmaybe not in every town. Circuit racers get their tires done so maybe if you checked with them they could point you in the right direction.

Bruce.

 

I ordered some last week, I will be trying it in a few days, I am spending quite a bit of time trying to make the bias tires work. I am going to try the beads with and without the weights looking for the best results. I positioned a horizontal fixture in front of the bias plys, spun the tires by hand. There are high and lows that exceed 5/16". Checked the runout of the hub/drum with a dial indicator and it is nearly zero, bearings/races are new, new tie rod ends, alignment set and reset, steering box is adjusted. A bias ply tire on the front of a light weight rod can send the axle into an up and down hop, the axle will pivot in the middle on the buggy spring and the left and right tire will alternately jump up and down. Stiffer spring might control it whereas the radial, even not perfectly round will not cause such a mess, and on a heavier car it may not be so pronounced.

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=673576&d=1243800256

How funny, isn't that a radial ?

How's that integrity treating you ?

 

Hahahahaa !! good eye

I love this forum!

 

Bruce, just a quick question, why did Coker recommend tubes with the radial tires?

Mick

 

Polyester Radials were generally a tube type tire. They were too gas permeable to hold air without tubes.

 

tires are where I draw the line on the retro thing.modern tires with a look as close as I can get ,no way would I run bias on the hiway anymore..........maybe a set of oldies for the local scene but thats about it JMO (piewagon dont count)