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Charley Lillard 10-01-2017 04:09 PM

My experience is the repo Wide Tread Gt's ride fine. Put Polyglas on and I will beat you with a stick.:grin::CharleySucks:

jl8z28 10-01-2017 04:35 PM

My late 11 A Z 28 came with the fire stone 200 and the original owner said that they were terrible I have the Goodyear tires on there now I have 1 brand new still in the wrapper repo E70 Goodyear tire if any of you need one

NorCam 10-01-2017 05:59 PM

I almost went with the wide treads...but ended up ordering Wide Ovals.

:worship:

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Lynn 10-01-2017 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charley Lillard (Post 1369673)
My experience is the repo Wide Tread Gt's ride fine. Put Polyglas on and I will beat you with a stick.:grin::CharleySucks:

Isn't this a day 2 car? I remember early 70's EVERYONE put on polyglas in one size larger, i.e. F 70 15. Just sayin. Doesn't mean you can't still beat him.

NorCam 10-01-2017 06:58 PM

lol...Lynn :Charley:

Truth be told these will likely sit off to the side with a host of other parts until called for. I am finishing the car off in Day II and it will run with Cragar's for the foreseeable future, but wanted factory wheels & suitable tires here in case I put the car back to stock trim someday?

There's a lot of things scheduled for storage at this point. :scholar:

Lynn 10-01-2017 07:24 PM

If that is the goal, then Charley is correct; you only have two choices. I have SC 200's on mine (actually not ON it right now, as I have Centerlines and modern radials for cruising around, which we did today). Eddie prefers the look of the Firestones, I prefer the look of the Goodyears.

SmallHurst 10-01-2017 08:11 PM

Ping me when you have a moment. I want to help you get the right rubber!!!

816-654-3400

Rusty

ZLP955 10-02-2017 01:52 AM

Just a thought, but having recently replaced a set of tires due to age cracking, with only a few thousand kms on them, I'd strongly recommend waiting until (if!) you decide to go back to Day 1 before buying a set of new stock tires. That way you'd be driving the car on brand new rubber, and won't have incurred the expense if you don't decide to go back.

Zman1969 10-02-2017 01:01 PM

As much as I like the look of the WT and SC200 tires I'm staying radials
Small Hurst are they making the radial look alikes in this size?

SmallHurst 10-02-2017 05:07 PM

As for the Goodyears... there are no plans for radials...
Trying to put some things in motion while at SEMA this year.

Stay tuned!!


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