Re: [Chrysler300] Tires now buying them

["EMills_ATC millserat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]" <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hankook H724 (Korea or Indonesia), Nexen N'Priz AH5 (Korea), Toyo Extensa A/S (Japan), Cooper Trendsetter SE (Mexico), Maxxis MA1 (Taiwan), and a bunch of Chinese no-names. I believe Milestar MA775 is Chinese, but have not verified and the one I saw was pretty wimpy.

Also note there a lot of Cooper clones (ElDorado, Mastercraft, MultiMile, etc) and the Coopers and clones are old technology split molds which were replaced by segmented molds for most radials sometime in the past.

I have all first 4 above and Toyo appears sturdiest, but Hankook and Nexen make tires for US OE market and should be fine.

Can't comment on Maxxis other than I have them on Polaris UTV and the ATV tires appear good quality.

Try SimpleTire for best prices on Nexen, probably DiscountTireDirect for Hankook and frequently on $75 off set of 4 on eBay

Size

Brand

Model

Vintage

Wheel

Pressure

Circumference

Calc OD

Section Width

Tread Width

Sidewall Width

Rim to inside of WSW

8.55.14

Goodyear

Thunderbolt

1968

14x6

32 psi

88

28.01

8 3/4

8.55-14

Goodyear

Double Eagle

1968

14x6

32 psi

88.5

28.17

8 5/8

5  7/16

n/a

8.85-14

BFGoodrich

HT Silvertown 770

1968

14x6

32 psi

89.75

28.57

8 7/8

5 1/4

5/8

1  3/8

HR78-14

Michelin

X Radial

1980

14x6

32 psi

86.75

27.61

8 5/8

6 3/8

5/8

1  3/8

P235/75R14

Coker

Classic

2002

14x6

32 psi

89.25

28.41

8 7/8

6

P225/70R14

Hankook

Optimo H725

Current

Korea

14x6

32 psi

82.875

26.38

8 3/4

6 1/2

n/a

P215/75R14

Hankook

Optimo H724

Current

Kor/Indon

14x6

32 psi

83.25

26.50

8 5/8

5 1/2

5/8

1  1/16

P225/75R15

Hankook

Optimo H724

Current

Kor/Indon

15x6

32 psi

88.75

28.25

8 5/8

5 1/2

5/8

1  1/8

P225/75R15

Nexen

N'Priz AH5

Current

Korea

15x6

32 psi

88.6875

28.23

8 3/4

5 5/8

5/8

1

P235/75R15

Cooper

Trendsetter SE

Current

Mexico

15x6

32 psi

89 2/3

28.55

8 7/8

6

3/4

1

P235/75R15

Nexen

N'Priz AH5

Current

Korea

15x6

32 psi

90.625

28.85

9

5 7/8

5/8

1

P235/75R15

Hankook

Optimo H724

Current

Kor/Indon

15x6

32 psi

90.5

28.81

8 7/8

5 3/4

5/8

1  1/16

P235/75R15

Toyo

Extensa A/S

Current

Japan

15x6

32 psi

91

28.97

8 3/4

6 1/4

3/4

7/8

P235/75R15

Maxxis

MA-1

Current

Taiwan

Edward Mills Antique Tractors 1930-1960 Antique Cars 1960-1985

On 10/15/2017 9:32 PM, 2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] wrote:

 

Hi Harry,

I have used Cooper 235/75R/15's with 3/4" white walls on my 300H's since 2003 and have been very happy with them until the last batch that were installed last spring.

The whitewall surface is very rough and the black is bleeding thru causing yellowing in spots that cannot be removed.

I plan to return them but have found only 2 possible narrow white replacements - Hankook and Maxxis.

Don't know anything about either brand.

Doug Warrener

---

From: "Harry Torgeson torg66@xxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]" <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Chrysler 300 List" <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2017 10:11:27 PM
Subject: [Chrysler300] Tires now buying them

 

I have asked before about finding the tires I want on my black 1964 K convert, I currently have wire wheels with 235/70/15R 7/8 white walls, I'm' asking the group for input, the car is not stock, so that's not an issue, I'm down to two choices 235/75/15R white wall 1.6 or 225/75/15R .5-1.00. Had some wheel drag on right front in the past, turning right backing down a steep driveway. I have seen the 1.6 on a 1965 Cadillac convert and it looks great. The tire prices very a lot, but the look is important to me and I ! do not want extra wide white walls of the fifties on it. Thanks for reading this. Buy the way I won a award at my towns classic car show this summer, first time out.

Harry Torgeson

Lake Oswego OR

 

__._,_.___

---

Posted by: EMills_ATC <millserat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---

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 https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/all/manage/edit

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#querylang

Visit Your Group

• Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use

__,_._,___