Re: [FWDLK] DIAMOND BACK RADIALS

[David Homstad <dhomstad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I talked to a Diamond Back sales rep at Hershey a couple of years ago. He
told me that they can apply their white walls to ANY brand tire you choose.
They would buy the tries wholesale, apply the WWW, and sell them to you for
the manufacturer's retail price. They will only do new tires, and they can
get wholesale pricing cheaper than you, so they prefer to supply them.

Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500

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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] DIAMOND BACK RADIALS

Alan, I posted that my DB's (2 1/4" w.w.w.) were beautifully made
(round/easily-balanceable) with a bright-white white wall, & with  no
'verbage' on their  exterior-aspects.

HOWEVER, on their BACK-sides, the tires bear some WEIRD
manufacturer-name, & model name/number, AND were (in VERY tiny letters)
:"Made in Taiwan"!!!

DB advertises (or, used-to) that its tires were made by a 'brand-name'
manufacturer, in the U.S. .

The tires, when being shipped, are fully-wrapped, so most people just
deliver them to their tire-mounter, still fully
double-tire-wrapped-together.

The next time the buyer sees the tires, they're mounted on the car, &
the wide white walls are dazzling to-the-eye, so the issue of the tires'
"identity" is forgotten.

The tires have a very stiff sidewall, & they ride & corner very well.

"Alumcan" (who posts on the 'other' message boards (on the FWDLK
website) PM'ed me, & asked about the manufacturer of the tires, as he
had been 'insulted' by DB, when he had questioned them about their
tires' manufacture location &/or what else: I forget (sorry, Rick).

So, I reported what I had found, when I crawled under the car, to squint
@ the information which is only imprinted on the blackwall-sides of the
tires.

I still highly recommend the DB's, even tho they may be made (at least,
for the 235/75R14" tires!) by an off-brand, off-shore.

Neil Vedder

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