Bias ply tires for a daily driver??

Schnitz · MILTON, ONT

Bias ply tires for a daily driver??

flatblack55delivery · PORT HOPE, ONT

Do you enjoy unexpected lane changes.Ran WW bias on my 55, loved the look, hated the white knuckle rides.Save up and buy the radials. Ed

Gazoo · BADEN, ONT

They have wide whites in radial tires.
I had original Good Year Poliglass tires, maybe 7-8 years ago. Although the tires were in great condition (no dry rot, and plenty of thread), and a fresh front end (tie rods, ball joints, bushings...). With the standard steering, the car was a handful to drive.
Like Ed said, get the radials, it's just so much more pleasant to drive.

hemi43 · ONTARIO

I wouldn't run them on a trailer !! They still make bias ply for cars??

fatchuk · ST MARYS, ONTARIO

I think there great ,as long as you never leave your laneway ...

Check out a company called Diamondback tires ..way better quality than coker great people to deal with,excellent service, I have had 4 or sets of tires from them ,they are from Conway just outside of Myrtle beach in South Carolina..anybrand of tire you wany they will convert to a whide white, I have Michelons on my car and my wifes rod ,quite reasonable priced great quality, .....

http://www.dbtires.com/tires.html

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Agree on the radials, the tire technology has advanced twenty fold in the past 30 years.
Amazing the abuse a tire will take when one really thinks about it considering it's thickness, and being pressurized, hot and cold extremes.
Remember driving at 100+MPH on old biased ply tires with only 20% tread left???? LOL !!

Schnitz · MILTON, ONT

Radials it is. I've heard of Diamondback and Hurst Racing vulcanizing tires with white walls.
That's the route I'm going to go.

GhostPost · ONTARIO

I beleive Coker Tire makes wide white walls
I knew a guy who bought Bias plys to be period correct....I just shoke my head thinking WHY??? Next summer he had radials. Looked near identicle.

-- Edited by GhostPost on Sunday 26th of January 2014 09:59:28 AM

Schnitz · MILTON, ONT

From what I can find on their site Cokers radial white walls come in 2" max and on a taller tire than I'm looking for.

BAJ · BRANTFORD, ONT

I just bought a set of Coker with 3-1/2" white walls. They also come in 4" wide white walls. (235-75R15)

fatstax · COBOURG, ONT

i had biases on the acadian i had when i first started driving it, for about 20 mins after they almost killed me. i am biased against bias ply!

janies dirty 37 · SOUTH RIVER, ONT

fatchuk · ST MARYS, ONTARIO

Schnitz

Radials it is. I've heard of Diamondback and Hurst Racing vulcanizing tires with white walls.
That's the route I'm going to go.

One more time Coker tires are crap..their service stinks, they quality stinks.. do some google seach on Coker tires and you will see how many guys have night-mare stories with their crap..I have set here with about 15,00 ks on them and the belts are shifted they would not do anything..Check out Diamondback and see the differnce in quality, service, warranty and they still treat you like a customer when you have a problem..I would not own a set of coker tires..

I had a set done and I had a little pin hole in the white-wall I talked to them on the phone,sent a digital pic , they sent me a new tire no charge for shipping , then just told me to keep the other for a spare ,it is still on the car 3 years later with no problem just had a tiny pinhole in the white wall..They are a great family owned business..

Bob T · BRANTFORD, ONT

Fatchuk is correct on Diamondbacks. I have two sets of them and two sets of Coker. Diamondbacks for sure.Tell them your a member of the Hamb' an they give you the hamb discount.

bmw2002e3 · ST MARY'S, ONT

sasquatch wrote:
Agree on the radials, the tire technology has advanced twenty fold in the past 30 years.
Amazing the abuse a tire will take when one really thinks about it considering it's thickness, and being pressurized, hot and cold extremes.
Remember driving at 100+MPH on old biased ply tires with only 20% tread left???? LOL !!

Lord, its amazing some of you are still around! That must have been *fun* skydiving kind of fun. :)

fatchuk · ST MARYS, ONTARIO

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-2609.html

A little read on Coker tires...

Chris Stapley · CAMPBELLFORD, ONT

They are the tire of choice for the same guys painting with lacquer....

Fast Elvis · LONDON, ONTARIO

I must be the exception.....lol.....been running them since 2009 on the 55 (Pro Track skinnies up front with 8.20 Firestone cheaters in back) with no issues other then if there left to sit for a week there's that little flat spot that works out in the first few miles....lol. But anyone that knows me knows I put alot of miles on the car in the good months.....not unusal to jump in the Chevy early on a Sat. morning and boot up to Godrich for breakfest and stop to see buddies in Grandbend and make it back into the shop by 11:00am or scoot down to Detroit with some of the club brothers for a show.......or to Toronto for a gathering.......just have to know how to drive with them on but then again, my 55 has no radio and manual everything......and I still have a soft spot for lacquer paint jobs......lol.

-- Edited by Fast Elvis on Friday 31st of January 2014 10:41:22 AM

-- Edited by Fast Elvis on Friday 31st of January 2014 09:45:57 PM

BARRIE, ONTARIO

I,ve had bias on straight axles with leafs and on coil spring cars . seemed ok to me ???. but then again I was raised out in the country on dirt roads ..77.

427CARL · CLINTON, ONT

so what do you think of Coker tires ?? wink

BARRIE, ONTARIO

Me ???? I,ve never ran a copy of a bias tire , but I have run firestones , bf good bags an crappy tire brand bias tires . I haven't run a bias on a street car since maybe 1986 . but I don't think I remember any scary moments that I would attribute to a bias tire .
maybe I,m just lucky , 0r can drive ..77.

sasquatch · NORTH BAY, ONT

Can't ever remember having any problems either with bias ply tires, drag raced with them, everyone did, no problems with heating them up in burnouts either.

slim · DUNDAS, ONT

Just read through the link that chuck posted 90% of it is about coker radial WW . Not sure if they ever got it fixed as coker is a hamb sponsor and when any thing is said the person gets jumped. That being said I think D backs are less likely to to be a problem because they are mounted and spun to apply the white wall.OK back to the original subject Bias Ply's always had the flat spot problems and some problems with belt shift even when that was your only choice. The major problem is the compound they made them from . I have 40 year old Goodyear motorcycle tires sitting in my attic that have almost the same tread depth as new . Why is that you ask. Because they are made of the same material that they make hockey pucks. I don't care how good of a driver you claim to be once your tires loose contact from the road driving skill has little effect . Car drivers would freak but a good motorcycle tire will last 5000 maybe 6000 k on the rear wheel before its done any more and your taking your life in your hands. Next time your in a tire store even great big tire check out the wall display , take your thumb nail and push it into the tire on a few different brands its easy to tell what tires will grip the road and wear out fast and what ones will last longer . Yes I understand that tread design, speed rating and so on plays a part but if you cut the best tread design out there into a hockey puck it will still act like a hockey puck.

BARRIE, ONTARIO

I don't care how good of a driver you claim to be once your tires loose contact from the road driving skill has little effect .
Ya lost me there ???.
And Sasquatch , there is nothing like the squeal of a hot bias tire ..77.

slim · DUNDAS, ONT

77 wrote:
I don't care how good of a driver you claim to be once your tires loose contact from the road driving skill has little effect .
Ya lost me there ???.

Traction, grip , bite, under normal driving and stopping they work fine pushing the limits , not that well add rain or crappy road conditions they were horrible and slid more then griped.

Fordy Acres Car Farm · DORCHESTER, ONT

My Cougar had some wide bias plys on it when I got it. It was a little choppy on rough roads and wanted to follow grooves or cracks in the road, but I never experienced any "white knuckle" events. Radials smoothed everything out a bunch, but you guys seem to be painting a picture of old steel clad wooden wagon wheels, bias weren't THAT bad - radials are better for sure, but lots of times they don't look right on certain build styles. Often performance and comfort is compromised to achieve that look - it's a matter of tolerance.