Guys,
It is not just a simple matter of Bias vs. Radial tires. Other factors enter
into satisfactory performance of a tire, like tread pattern, rubber compound
softness, sidewall stiffness, and driving style. A quality Bias may out
perform a cheap Radial, and vice versa. If you had a bad experience with
Radials on a ForwardLook car, it may not be that all Radials are bad, just
the radials you had were bad. If you go from quality to poor quality,
regardless of radial to bias or bias to radial, you will have a bad
experience and think the new type of tires are bad for a FW car. And just
the opposite opinion from poor quality to quality.
On my daily driver, I have had radials (Michelin) that are stiff in the
sidewall and handle superb, and radials that are soft and cause under/over
steer and sway on corners. Hard rubber compounds that wear forever but are
slippery on ice (here in Minnesota), and soft rubber (Blizaks) that sticks
like glue.
Coker tires (bias AND radial), as well as most other repo tires, are
designed for looks, not performance. Their performance may be average or
much below when compared to quality modern driver radials or even bias
tires.
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
-----Original Message-----
From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
[mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dave Stragand
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:15 PM
-----Original Message-----
From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List
[mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dave Stragand
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:15 PM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] [Chrysler300] Coker Tire 'Club Discount' ordering
information
They do have several choices in both Bias Ply and Radials. I prefer
radials myself, but there are things to be said for both types.
I have radials on a couple of cars, bias plys on others. It really is a
matter of personal choice.
-Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Stewart [mailto:rstewart@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:53 PM
To: Dave Stragand; L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
goldenfin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Coker Tire 'Club Discount' ordering
information
do they offer anew tire for the c300? if not the old bias belt rubber
was
like russian roullet driving on ice ,
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