[FWDLK] Fwd: Re: [FWDLK] Need new Wide Whites

[eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Diamondback does much more than merely slap on a strip of WWW to their
14" tire, that fits our cars.

There is/are no markings, on the outboard surface of the tire, so that
the result is a very clean, neat, smooth  apearance.

All the tire's information appears in small numbers/letters, on the
blackwall side.

The tread pattern is also very attractive.

Neil Vedder


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• From: Jan & Roger van Hoy <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 21:53:31 -0700

There's really no such thing as Diamondback tires... they take tires of their choice of manufacture [or possibly your choice] and glue [vulcanize] the WWW onto the inside of the tire.

That could be good, or bad, or indifferent, depending upon the rating of the particular tire used.

A plus is that they can make your WWW most any width you want.

--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 Plymouth, '41 Dodge

----- Original Message ----- From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>

To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Need new Wide Whites

I Pm'ed Nick a copy of Jim Hoekemdijk's omnibus evaluation, of
Diamondback tires, from earlier this year.

Jim did an amazing job of interpreting the info contained on the DB
radial.

In a nutshell, the tires are 8-ply(IIRC) , light TRAILER-rated and can
be inflated to 50 PSI--I ran mine @ 42-ish, for the  3.8K trip to/from
Tulsa, without incident.

Biggest problem may be that they're speed rated only to 85 mph.

I clean mine with a Brillo pad (& hose-water).

Goodyear makes a WWW radial, now, and the tread pattern appears to be an
all-weather pattern, which may be better, for straight-line stability,
than the 'road-pattern'  (concentric-grooves) tread, on DB's & Cokers.

DB's cost almost $200.00 each.

Dunno anything about the Goodyears.....

Neil Vedder

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