The Cooper Trendsetter SE (or its private label equivalents like Mastercraft or Multi-Mile) has been reported on by a few club members as being good tires. However, they only have a ¾ inch whitewall. It is not too hard to find other major brand whitewalls online (e.g. try tires-easy.com), but none seem to be wider than ¾ inch except the Champiro 75 or Runway Enduro 75 (same as Champiro). Carl Bilter _____ From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Jasinski Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:22 PM To: 'Steve Albu' Cc: 'Edward Mills Antique Tractors'; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Whitewall Tires for H or J with one inch whitewall Thanks Steve! I found it on America's Tire website for $77. Very reasonable price, and I will never put on 40K miles on my G! Bob J From: Steve Albu [mailto:saforwardlook@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:saforwardlook%40gmail.com> ] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 11:45 AM To: Bob Jasinski Cc: Edward Mills Antique Tractors; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Whitewall Tires for H or J with one inch whitewall If you go to the Discount Tire or America's Tire Company website (interchangeable name apparently) they show a Cooper Trendsetter SE tire in the 235-75-R15 available in a white side wall (I estimate about 3/4 inch) as available for $67 each in my area (southern california). Such a tire might not be available in other areas of the country though. This is the tire I use on most of my C bodies. It is an adequate tire for these cars and for the price, I am not complaining. A Michelin tire seems to have a stiffer sidewall, but at least this one is available at reasonable cost. 40K mile treadlife claim. Steve Albu On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Bob Jasinski <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpjasin%40pacbell.net> > wrote: Ed, I have gone Hankook, Kumho, Firestone and Cooper websites and do not see a 235/75/R15 whitewall listed. Where are you getting your information from on availability of whitewall radials in this size? I know about Diamond Back, and how they put on their own whitewall, but they are very expensive at about $250/tire. If you know of a link for any company that shows a whitewall 235/75R15 from a manufacturer of the tire please post the link. Thanks! Bob J 300G with 14 year old Firestone 235/75R15, 1.75" whitewalls From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Edward Mills Antique Tractors Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 5:43 PM To: C Bilter Cc: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Whitewall Tires for H or J with one inch whitewall Be thankful you are not looking for big 14 inch with narrow white. Try Hankook or Kumho Solus or Firestone or Cooper. And there must be half a dozen made by Cooper (Mastercraft, Multi-Mile, ElDorado, Hercules, etc) - but I would stay with a production tire from a major name as above. Tires in normal production tend to be more consistently good quality than those made infrequently or on specialty (old) equipment. And traditionally manufacturers put a bit more QC in the tires they put their own name on as compared to the cheaper second line tires. There is also probably a Toyo, but I did not like the feel of the Chinese Toyos I almost bought for my dad's car. I've heard good things about both the Hankook and the Kumho. More so than recent posts about balance issues and other problems with the bigger Cokers and American Classics. Don't know anyone running the Firestones or Coopers. And you may want to check the specifications (diameter especially) - had heard of some (Cooper?) that were smaller OD than older tires of same size markings. My book shows 7.60-15 as OE for a 300J, (thought it was 8.00-15 - maybe the 8.00-15 was an option or maybe early 300's). Old BFGoodrich Engineering Book shows 28.76 inch dia for 7.60-15 and 29.26 inch for 8.00-15. Probably most of what you will find will be same sidewall width about 1 inch maybe a bit narrower - though you would have to look. Agree on the 1.6 inch (plus see above), but the real world is you probably will not find perfect match to 1 1/16 or 1 1/8 inch width. And I would prefer a 3/4 inch from a known name brand. I think Sears can get Firestone and Kumho and Hankook - may be a place to look - though I don't care for their installers - had a really bad experience on a car once. best, Ed On 8/30/2011 6:50 PM, C Bilter wrote: > > Other than Diamondback ($$$$) I am finding virtually squat for the correct > whitewall in radials. Several years ago this was no problem for the > P235/75R15 tire. Now, Broadway Classics and Dimension IV are no longer > made, American Classics only have 1.6" in this size, and Cooper and others > only have a ¾" whitewall. The only one close to the correct 1 and 1/16" to > 1 and 1/8" I can find is Champiro 75 by GT Radial with a 1.25" > whitewall. I > am extremely hesitant to go with these, both on principle because they are > made in Asia and also because I suspect they are junk. Has anyone tried > them? Has anyone found other tires in the last year or so with the proper > whitewall? I will not put a ¾" whitewall on a J; it doesn't look > right, and > I will not run bias plys, which actually cost even more. Whitewalls at the > tire stores are going down the path to oblivion faster than a shine runner > in a 300C. Looks like 1.6 inch American Classics or cough up the coin for > Diamondbacks unless anyone has a better idea. > > 300Jly, > > Carl Bilter > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join and select the "Leave Group" button For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylangYahoo! 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