Thin white walls

Erik G · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:13 am Post subject: Thin white walls

Can some of y'all post some pics of your thin whitewall tires? Tread, sidewall, whole car? Do you like them?

I'm trying to decide what to do. I have thin whitewall BF Goodrich 165's. They are awesome, they have the old logo and old sidewall, they just look perfect for a 60's car. The problem is, I think they are 15 years old. The tread is fine, no bubbles, no cracking, I don't think they have that many miles on them and the car was definetly always kept inside.

I've been looking. It's hard to judge what tires actually look like when looking on coker or eBay or wherever. They list one tire, have one picture, but 15 different sizes with that one picture. I don't want a modern toyota looking tire that happens to have a thin whitewall. From what I can tell, both the BF Goodrich and American Classic thin whitewalls have modern tread, modern sidewall, modern brand logos. not what I'm looking for

and if by chance someone is actually running 6.00x15's, please please report. I am actually thinking about running bias plys Shocked

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Tram · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:30 am Post subject:

Cokers:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=360028&highlight=meyer

Don't do bias plies; you'll hate it. They sucked in the 1970s and they'll still suck now. If you are that hung up on logos, etc. get a second set of wheels for your "modern' tires so you can keep what you have now for show.
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Erik G · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:18 am Post subject:

Erik G · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:22 am Post subject:

Also, if someone knows of other brands of thin whitewalls, I'm all ears and eyes. All I'm aware of is the American Classics and BF Goodrich Silvertowns

I used to have a set of double thin whitewalls Shocked

they were rad

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Tram · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:11 pm Post subject:

thom · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:28 pm Post subject:

Erik G · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:21 pm Post subject:

Ugh. Both Coker and Diamondback are making new bias-ply look radials. Neither will be making a 600-15, and it looks like their 560-15 will only be wide white, not thin. Bastards!

coker

Daimondback (although they have been promising for a few years, I'm seeing spring 2015 release date)

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ataraxia · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:35 pm Post subject:

I had Conti bias ply tires and they were not awesome so I sold them and replaced them with a more modern tire (not white wall).

The bias plys were terrible on wet pavement in addition to the wtf ride quality.

Erik G · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:05 pm Post subject:

hoss · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:39 pm Post subject:

Pedro is running some 6.00 x 15 Bias Ply tires on his notch and likes them.

I have the updated BF Goodrich 165-15 on my notch.. but I like to drive it and don't wanna deal with the performance of Bias Ply tires.

For my wife's OG Beetle I got 5.60 x 15 Bias Ply from Coker and they look the part and are awesome.. but we barely put any miles on it.

I feel the perfect tire would be a 6.00 x 15 Thin Wall Radial but with the Bias Ply look for our cars.
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Typ3nut · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:54 pm Post subject:

Hey ErikG,
I have the exact tire you posted, BF Goodrich Silvertown GT-100 Radial 165r15 3/4" Whitewall and I purchased them from Coker tire in 2002.
They discontinued the tread pattern as yours in 2005 and went with a more modern Radial Tread Pattern.
BFG
https://www.cokertire.com/165r15-bf-goodrich-3-4-whitewall.html
American Classic
https://www.cokertire.com/tires/brands/american-cl...eries.html

t3kg · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:09 pm Post subject:

I drove Pedro's notch on those bias plys and it was really nice. More than that, they really look the part, just like in old photos. The bigger diameter really suits the lines of the car.

If money was no object I would totally run these blackwalls on a Type 3:
http://www.lucasclassictires.com/165HR15-Pirelli-Cinturato-CA67-165pirelli.htm
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empiracer · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:57 am Post subject:

I recently put these American Classic 165r15 on my Squareback , They roll nice! I have run Bias plys on both Buses and Beetle and love the way they look & feel.

squaretobehip · Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2015 1:52 pm Post subject:

Erik G · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:32 am Post subject:

W1K1 · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:35 am Post subject:

maybe someone needs to talk to these guys to do a whitewall kit?

http://www.tredwearletters.com/tire-kits/
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