Agree about Michelins being best, and Bridgestone made in Japan are also good. I have had very poor luck with Uniroyal belts separating (Uniroyal owned by Michelin?) and some problems with Goodrich TA balance (also owned by Michelin). I believe some - but not all - of the Cokers are made by Cooper who makes a lot of private brands - but I have no experience with Cooper - anyone out there care to comment on Coopers and their private brands (Mastercraft, Multi-Mile, Sigma, Tempra, Jetzon, El Dorado, etc)? But unfortunately there are not a lot of options out there in the sizes and configurations for antique cars. Theres Diamond and Universal and American Classic, but I suspect they use mostly the same sources. Any one got another good source? Don Verity wrote: > You would think that a tire priced that high would be of higher > quality. I run the Hunter machine where I work, and it is an excellent > machine for solving problems. Poor quality tires still take a lot of > weight, and this is usually accompanied by a lot of run out. The > machine also does not measure "hard spots on the rim". It measures the > runout of the rim, and the stiffness of the tire side wall, and > suggests the best location to mount the tire on the rim. It is not a > fast process, as it requires letting the air out and re-positioning > the tire on the rim. The best tires I have seem for run-out and > minimal weight are still Michelin's, Bridgestone is pretty good too. > Here is a link to the Hunter web site > http://www.hunter.com/pub/product/balancer/index.htm?gclid=CKjykait-JoCFSMgDQodxjw3dg > > 300ly, > Don Verity > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Edward Mills Antique Tractors > <mailto:millserat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *To:* rob kern <mailto:robkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Cc:* chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ; pennsy300@xxxxxxx > <mailto:pennsy300@xxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Saturday, June 06, 2009 3:23 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Chrysler300] 300D Vibration > > > > Sounds like a lot of overkill - if you need to do that with $200 > Coker > Tires, I would send them back as defective with a bill for > shipping and > mounting. > > rob kern wrote: > > > > > > Terry, > > Take the car in for the tires to be balanced with a Hunter Road > Force > > system. This is highly recommended with Coker radials. I did > this with > > Mopsy and it smoothed the ride form 0 to 105. I didn't have the > nerve > > to go faster because of the speed rating of the tires. The > Hunter Road > > Force system mates the soft spots of the tire to the hard spots > of the > > rim and applies up to 4000psi road force to determine where the > > mismatch lies. You probably will have to look on line who in your > > vacinity has the machine. 300'ly, ROB KERN > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: pennsy300@xxxxxxx <mailto:pennsy300%40aol.com> > <mailto:pennsy300%40aol.com> > > To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 4:45 PM > > Subject: [Chrysler300] 300D Vibration > > > > My 300D convert (with the new Coker radials) has a significant > vibration, > > but only between 45 and 50 mph. Above or below this speed all is > just > > perfect. 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