Need opinions for tires.

johnzmu · Post by **johnzmu** » June 18, 2010, 8:42 am

Just ordered a set of these in 15x8 for my 66 merc
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Tying to decide what would look best on these for tires.
Whitewall? White letter? Blackwall?

Johnny Canuck · Post by **Johnny Canuck** » June 18, 2010, 9:11 am

I am thinking these might come in handy around here
http://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/R ... story.html

Fanatic · Post by **Fanatic** » June 18, 2010, 9:53 am

I almost bought a set of those last week at a sale. $200 for all 4.
Anyway, I always liked raised white letters on a dark vehicle and blackwalls on light ones. Whitewalls never did much for me!

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » June 18, 2010, 12:33 pm

i really like firestone firehawk indy 500's. they have a good square tread pattern and work fine on the black top wet or dry.

ICEMAN6166 · Post by **ICEMAN6166** » June 18, 2010, 1:17 pm

[quote="ezernut9mm"]i really like firestone firehawk indy 500's. they have a good square tread pattern and work fine on the black top wet or dry.

its the crosscuts ,(sipes) the more there are , the better grip.
i have these on the van in the winter.they were excellent

http://www.firestonecompleteautocare.co ... terforceUV

firerod63 · Post by **firerod63** » June 18, 2010, 6:27 pm

I'm runnin a set of Uniroyal Laredo A/T with white letters on mine. Looks pretty good I think.

fire truck · Post by **fire truck** » June 18, 2010, 6:35 pm

I like coopers and cokers, great American made tires...

65guy · Post by **65guy** » June 18, 2010, 11:15 pm

Take a look in my gallery. That's the same wheels I have with white letter. Frankly I think it depends on the truck. If I had more money and did it over again, I would go with a thinner wheel/tire combo and go with white walls because my truck has so much white on it. If you have a solid one color truck, I lean toward blackwalls.

ronk16 · Post by **ronk16** » June 19, 2010, 1:18 pm

depending on the look you are going for, those look great with the bigs n littles, 225 65 15 front 275 60 15 rear , bf goodrich ta`s classic look with grat all weather handling

Post by **Greg D** » June 19, 2010, 9:18 pm

One of the tires I like is BF Goodrich Radial T/As.
Have them on my Rodmasters.

rcb1020 · Post by **rcb1020** » June 20, 2010, 6:46 pm

I have Cooper Cobra raised white letter , 255/70/15 on the rear and 235/70/15 on the front

DV65CustomCab · Post by **DV65CustomCab** » June 20, 2010, 7:56 pm

I have Comp T/A's on mine, no complaints. I also considered the Firestones mentioned above, they got good customer reviews on the Tire Rack web site (a good place to study up even if you don't buy there).

Michelle · Post by **Michelle** » June 21, 2010, 9:03 am

Its hard to beat white walls on these old school trucks, especially if they are any where near stock.

Nice looking set on my bump from back in the day.

rcb1020 · Post by **rcb1020** » June 21, 2010, 8:36 pm