Need some advice on a tire for 15x10 wheel

I am putting 15x10 aluminum slots on my roadster since I cant find a 14 inch tire that will work for me and I was hoping someone out there has some good recommendations for a tire to use. I am looking for something 29-31 inches tall that will fit the 10inch wide wheel and not look stupid, probably going to go with a radial, since I have had bad luck with balance issues on the bias tires which I think might have something to do with my car being very light in the back. Every tiny vibration shakes the whole car, even from the back. Something blackwall or white letter, no white walls up front. Maybe one of you guys has a tire you have been very happy with, I drive this thing a lot. Thanks, John

 

i have 275/60r15's on my 10 inch slots they fit the wheels very nice no ballooning sidewalls but they are only 27 inches tall

you know your probably gonna get flamed for using the slots dont you

 

Why? They had slots in the 60's right?

 

P265/75R15 is a great fit for an eight inch wheel, might be a touch narrow for the tens.

P285/70R15 work fine, but have very limited availability (specialty vendors only $$) these days.

Both sizes are between thirty and thirty-one inches tall, tread widths are about eight and 8.6 inches, respectively. Section widths are a little less/more than eleven inches.

 

yes they had them in the later 60's its no biggie if you like em run em i personnally love slots

most guys hereseem to think you HAVE to run painted wires or steelys to be here

 

I have 8'' wheels, but you might want to try 275 70 15 firestone firehawks. I got a real good price at tirebuyer.com

 

X2 on the 285's.....look good on 10's. The 265's will work but look little off

 

Yeah, I like the slots too, my car was originally supposed to look like it was built mid to late 60's. My two cents, you can have my slots when you give me your hei, disc brakes, ifs, etc.

Man those 285/70/15's are scarce, still not sure what to do......

 

www.hurstracingtires.com

 

X3.... 285's look bad ass on 10" wheels

 

Im using suv tires on my rear of my roadster 31 x 10,50 , 15 Had to use eather to get them to expand though ,It doesnt look stupid..........

 

31 x 10.50 R 15 is just about identical in dimension to the P285/70R15. Since they are designed for trucks, they usually have stiffer sidewalls and harder compounds. I ran them on my roadster for a while (until they wore out, maybe 50,000 miles), then replaced them with the P-metric tire. The passenger car tire was better in almost every way: ride, traction, noise level. The only thing not as good was the endurance, but they still made it over 40,000 miles.

 

This is a 285/70-15 BF Goodrich on both of my coupes, both on 10" rims. Very hard to find these days, but a great looking tire if you want to go big.

 

i had a set of 315-70x15 bfg's a few years back on 8 inch torque thrust. i dont think they make them anymore.

 

I got Cooper 285/70 15's on 10" steelies. They work great

 

Those look killer, where did you get them?

 

bfg long trail t/a-265/70/15 29.7" tall, 10.7" section width, 8.4" tread width. $141 on tirerack.com

some of the 31/10.5s only have 8" tread width, so this isn't a bad option at all...

 

Yes they did. They became popular in the '70s with the van crowd but they not only had them in the '60s but some of the go fast crowd loved them.

275 '60 or 75s will suit you just fine.

 

Here's a good article on wheels:
http://www.roadsters.com/wheels/
Slots have been around since '63, no one should give you any shit about them. Radials, on the other hand...

 

The first radial tire designs were patented in 1915 by Arthur W. Savage, a successful tire manufacturer and inventor in San Diego, CA. Savage's patents expired in 1949. The design was further developed and widely commercialized by Michelin in 1946. Because of its advantages, it has now become the standard design for essentially all automotive tires.
Been around plenty long enough

 

What was that "truck radial" that BFG was offering in the early/mid '90's? It was something like a 335/70/15..... or something similar. It was huge but looked the part.

I remember them being the hot ticket around here & then remembering the supply drying up. I found a pair once years later but had no use for them.

JH

 

Harrison
I think you are right. maybe it was a bridgstone? I had an aquaintence that had 335x70s on a high boy that looked pretty good.

Don
The Ol' Man put european radials on his roadster in the late '50s or early '60s. I remember that I was very old. They were Pirellis or Dunlops as i recall. he said that his roadster should handle as well as any import.

I don't knwo that it counts as traditional we have this idea that if it wasn't in a magazine it is not traditional. but I do know that it was done towards the end of what we have agreed is the traditional period.

I think that some modern radial tires look better on a traditional styled rod than others do. I don't like the look of a "Drag radial" for instance. There are also cars that look better wearing bias plys and probably shouldn't have a radial tire on them. For instance a '30s/'40s style build. They were just not redily availabel to the common hot rodder back then.

 

Might have been Bridgestone...... Either that or BFG. I remember clearly that it started with a "B".

Good looking tire. Huge.

JH

 

Here's where I got my 285s.
http://www.performanceplustire.com/

 

Hi,
They're not radials but they look good on 10" wheels. Hoosier 325/50-15's. 28 inches tall.
Rick

 

Been looking @ those 31X10.5X15 SUV tires awhile. All seem to be Load Range "C". On a light hot rod, does the "C" make for a much stiffer ride? How about heat buildup if you try to lower psi to soften ride?
Dave

 

70 series on a 10 rim?

L 50 x 15. Kelly Superchargers from the San Jose Flea market. that's what I had in 1978.

 

how about these? big and will fit
Hoosier 19275PS - Hoosier Pro Street Radial Tires I found them at Jegs..

 

I opted for the Hoosiers, my car weighs squat and I had some other radials on the back that were smaller and the car was undriveable. I was going to get the 285/70's and hope for the best, but I thought some sticky barely street legal tires might be more practical on my car. Thanks for all the help, I'm gonna check out some of the links you guys put up after dinner, Imo's hell yeah!

 

The tires are from KanRock Tire and the wheels are smoothies thru Summit.