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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / February 2005good tires in "non-performance" size?
Hi all, as you may know I just bought a '55 Stude Commander... looking for recommendations for tires. Stock size is 6.70-15 which means I need to be looking at something like a 205/75R15. I priced out some WWW radials and I think I am looking at blackwalls. :) That said are there any decent performing tires available in that size? Seems to be only used for minivans and SUVs anymore. I can't run a 215/70 as the stock wheels are only 5" wide - I wouldn't mind buying more wheels but I'm kind of short of cash right now, that would add another $160 or so for a set of new steel wheels. Are the Pirelli P400 any good? How about the Michelin all-seasons available in that size? thanks, nate  Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel > I just bought a '55 Stude Commander... looking for recommendations for > tires. Stock size is 6.70-15 which means I need to be looking at [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > - I wouldn't mind buying more wheels but I'm kind of short of cash right > now, that would add another $160 or so for a set of new steel wheels. So how 'bout BFGoodrich Traction T/A P205/70R15? > Are the Pirelli P400 any good? How about the Michelin all-seasons > available in that size? My experience with Pirelli has been consistently lousy, and while Michelin makes some good tires, you will overpay. >> I just bought a '55 Stude Commander... looking for recommendations for >> tires. Stock size is 6.70-15 which means I need to be looking at [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> - I wouldn't mind buying more wheels but I'm kind of short of cash right >> now, that would add another $160 or so for a set of new steel wheels. Check Tire Rack (http://www.tirerack.com) Even if you don't buy from them, the survey ratings from people who have them on their cars are very helpful. The Kumhos are rated much higher than the Pirellis -- and are about half the price ($38). http://tinyurl.com/6hdgp I've bought tires from Tire Rack and the service from them and their recommended installers has been excellent. > Check Tire Rack (http://www.tirerack.com) > Even if you don't buy from them, the survey ratings from people who have them > on their cars are very helpful. The Kumhos are rated much higher than the > Pirellis -- and are about half the price ($38). Kumhos are garbage. > > Check Tire Rack (http://www.tirerack.com) > > Even if you don't buy from them, the survey ratings from people who have them > > on their cars are very helpful. The Kumhos are rated much higher than the > > Pirellis -- and are about half the price ($38). > > Kumhos are garbage. Upon what do you base that, Daniel? I know they make pretty decent *track* tires. While I haven't yet owned any, I *have* owned more than a few sets of Pirellis and it wouldn't take much to be better than those. -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that) > > Kumhos are garbage. > Upon what do you base that, Daniel? Personal experience. > I know they make pretty decent *track* tires. Yep, that's what everyone says who's tried them. My experience is with their *street* tires. I'll give them about five years to progress along the learning curve, then maybe have another look. >> > Kumhos are garbage. > >> Upon what do you base that, Daniel? > >Personal experience. Please elaborate. Kumho tires are universally praised in nearly every automotive enthusiast forum. Indeed, a friend of mine had a set on his Z06 and had no complaints about them. Yours are the first negative words I've ever heard about the brand. SignatureSloth Kills! http://www.geocities.com/slothkills/ Scott en Aztlán wrote: > >> > Kumhos are garbage. > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > had no complaints about them. Yours are the first negative words I've > ever heard about the brand. Now that I look a little harder the Kumho 795 does look like a good option. I know someome who has the Kumho performance tires on her Corrado (don't remember the model, but the tread looks very similar to the Yoko ES100s on the Porsche) and she seems to be happy with them. Anyone had any personal experience with the 795s? thanks, nate > Scott en Aztlán wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > the Yoko ES100s on the Porsche) and she seems to be happy with them. > Anyone had any personal experience with the 795s? Not the 795s but I have Ecsta's on my Camaro and compared to the Firehawk SC50's that I had before they're junk. > thanks, > > nate Ulf >>I just bought a '55 Stude Commander... looking for recommendations for >>tires. Stock size is 6.70-15 which means I need to be looking at [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > So how 'bout BFGoodrich Traction T/A P205/70R15? Might have to do that, but I was trying to stay with the 75s for gearing purposes. For now at least it has a 3.31 rear and a Flightomatic, which I'm not nuts about... Finding a lower numerical ratio than a 3.31 for a Studebaker is somewhat difficult, I think the lowest commonly available was in the area of 3.07:1 (and the FOM is a later second gear start model so off the line performance is less than sparkling) >>Are the Pirelli P400 any good? How about the Michelin all-seasons >>available in that size? > > My experience with Pirelli has been consistently lousy, and while Michelin > makes some good tires, you will overpay. Never had a set of Pirellis, that's why I asked. I did have Michelin Pilots on my GTI and loved 'em (but that might have just been because they weren't totally awful like the Continentals that were on it from the factory) nate Signaturereplace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel > > My experience with Pirelli has been consistently lousy, and while Michelin > > makes some good tires, you will overpay. > > Never had a set of Pirellis, that's why I asked. My experience has been just the opposite of Dan's. They have provided decent, if not stellar, all-season performance (in a no-season sort of way), have lasted well, been of a decent price from places like Tire Rack, and come in a seemingly endless array of sizes. They seem to do best as a touring tire (quiet, don't hydroplane, last a long time) and not as good as an all-season tire (OK with an AWD vehicle, barely acceptable on a FWD vehicle.) The P-Zeros are a decent performance tire for the money, but they aren't Pilots. The P6000 worked OK as a no-season tire, and back when I had my RWD convertible, the P6s were fairly decent for the money as well. FWIW, E.P. >Hi all, >as you may know I just bought a '55 Stude Commander... looking for >recommendations for tires. Stock size is 6.70-15 which means I need to That's about the size the 60's-70's VW bug used. You might want to see about what performance tires were available for the bug. I personally would be looking to replace the wheels as well. > >Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I personally would be looking to replace the wheels as well. I seriously doubt that as I've seen 165-15s on Beetles and I don't think that size would even fit on my rims! I bet the original bias ply was something like 5.60-15 or thereabouts. If nothing else I wouldn't want to set the weight of that heavy Stude front end on tires that narrow. nate |
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