Howdy!
Well,, as for your problems on your 721 tires I will just have to say
that I have a set of them on my 71 Imperial 4 door. I am rather well
pleased with the tires. They do, however, suffer a bit of a lack of traction
on the wet surfaces, but to me that is not very crucial as I rarely ever
drive either of my Imperials in the inclimate weather. I feel that they
ride just a tad hard, (but that is due to the fact that they are the extra
load tires and I was told of that before they were ordered), and are
constructed well. The whitewall portion of the tire is fine and I really
like the look. Although, if you feel that you have gotten a poor set of
tires, you have every right (in my opinion), to make every attempt to
return them for a properly built set no matter what the make. I think that
is your right as the consumer.. but that is only what I think. Even though
I am happy with the tires,, my next set will be of the Michelin
brand,,(model XH4).. to me,, Michelins can not be beat!!
Happy Imperialing to All !!!
Tony Fortner
(IMP6971)
> >
> > --- Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Has anyone had the experience of buying a set of
> > > tires, having them put
> > > on the car, and then deciding they don't want
> > them?
> > >
> > > Any advice on how to get my money back?
> > >
> > > I just bought a set of Firestone 721s for my '68
> > > convertible based on
> > > the recommendations of several people, and I
> > have to
> > > say I'm extremely
> > > disappointed with them.
> > >
> > > First of all, I found the width of the whitewall
> > on
> > > these tires to be
> > > too wide for a '68, in my opinion (almost 2
> > inches).
> > > I had read what
> > > their width was before I bought them, but
> > reading is
> > > one thing & seeing
> > > is another. I think I'm really looking for
> > > something closer to 1-1
> > > 1/4".
> > >
> > > Second, the construction of the tires appears
> > very
> > > poor. By that I
> > > mean, the whitewall appears to have been
> > "plastered
> > > over," or applied
> > > over, a pre-existing narrower whitewall. In
> > certain
> > > lighting conditions
> > > you can see the outlines of the narrow whitewall
> > > underneath quite
> > > clearly.
> > >
> > > In addition, these tires all arrived at my
> > dealer
> > > with scuffs and tiny
> > > chips missing from the whitewalls. These
> > weren't
> > > apparent until I got
> > > the car home and cleaned the tires thoroughly.
> > (The
> > > dealer cleaned off
> > > the blue but left big smudges and fingerprints
> > all
> > > over; the dirt
> > > obscured the defects.)
> > >
> > > Also, there appears to be overspray, for lack of
> > a
> > > better term, on the
> > > black area of the tires, like tiny dots of white
> > > paint.
> > >
> > > Surprisingly, they're also a lot noisier than
> > the
> > > old tires I had on
> > > there. This is my first experience with
> > Firestone
> > > tires & I'm not
> > > impressed. Anybody ever return a set of tires?
> > >
> >
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