Two years ago I put Firestone 721 radials on my Cordoba, which is based on the
same platform and is roughly the same size as the Imperial. I believe the
whitewall width is 1-5/8", and they look fabulous on the car. I also stepped
up a size to 225/75R15, and have had no trouble at all with scraping of the
fenders or anything like that. They seem to ride smoother than the old
Sears/Michelins I had, that only had about 7/8" whitewall.
Neal Herman
1959 Imperial Crown
1972 Buick Riviera
1983 Chrysler Cordoba
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 17:20:09 EDT Imp1983@xxxxxxx wrote:
Hi all,
Here's a new fly in the ointment regarding
whitewall widths for 80s Imps.
I checked the 1 5/8ths dimension out, and it
seemed like it would be too wide to match the
original style.
I then did some detective work. I measured the
width of the cornering lamp on my car. Then I
looked in the 81 brochure at the side view printed
there. Using the cornering lamp and tire I figured
that proportionally it works out to a 1 3/16 inch
wide whitewall.
I think that would look correct.
The Goodyears on my 83 now have a 3/4 inch wide
stripe and it is definitely to narrow.
So, anyone know of a tire that has 1 3/16??
Dan Wing
Imp1983@xxxxxxx
'83 Imp, beige, wire wheels,
factory/dealer carb conversion
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