anyone know if i can use these tires for my front tires? i like the tread pattern, and how low profile they are, but will they be able to handle the weight? thanks guys. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=35557&item=2433704257 trey
Motorcycle tires aren't designed for passenger car use, they'll deteriorate rapidly when forced to operate at a slip angle like on the front of a car. Besides, the tread pattern is completely wrong for a whitewalled car. Get bias plies.
Trey, Depends on what you want for a whitewall...Bias ply tires do not give the ride and handling of a radial...check out www.Cokertire.com for both...or for radial whitewalls that are round and stay white forever, check out www.whitewallsplus.com...I have them on my car (THE Stude) and would reccommend them highly! R-
id love to use a pair of bias ply, however, there is only one problem with that. they are a little too expensive for me. trying to do this cheap, and i dont have any used ones laying around... trey
The starting bid on those M/C tires is almost how much a pair of brand new Firestone / Coker biasplys would cost and they would last about 9 times longer and look WAY better than some new-wave tread patern . a set of 560 X 15's would give you the same low profile and ride ALOT better . not as mushy and washed out feeling as radials .
Well, for $145 a pair...I don't think I'd put my life on them at 70/75 mph plus!!! Save your money...buy NEW tires! R-
Trey buy bias, and drive the shit out of it, as far as the ride quality, more than half the ride here are based on looks alone and give a shitty ride anyhow, atleast you'll be riding on tires ment for you car, bias cost about 75 apiece. if you want on "on the cheap whitewalls" get pot-a-walls or white wall paint. besides those tires would look better on a bobber!
About two maybe three years ago The Riddler award winner at the Detroit Autorama had motorcycle tires on the front. It was one of those Bobby Alloway Speedstar type cars. I didn't think there was anything that could make one of those cars look worse, but the front tire choice proved me wrong Frank
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