RE: [Chrysler300] radial tires for a 300F

["C Bilter" <cbilter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Patrick and anyone with a C through F:

 

Yes, there has been a lot of discussion on tires the last 2 years or so.
Yes, one can use 15" wheels/radial tires (the closest tire diameter size to
the original 9.00x14 bias ply would be a P225/75/R15). Yes, Diamond Back
provides a great tire and the whitewalls stay white with proper care.  

 

But, if you want a 14" radial, Diamond Back does not have the proper
P235/75/R14 tire.  Neither does Coker anymore in the Coker brand.  The only
radial whitewall with the proper whitewall width of 2.5 inches in
P235/75/R14 available today is American Classic.  Coker sells them, as well
as Universal and others.  It is very expensive (about $277 each or so).  I
got them for my '57 New Yorker earlier this year and they look and ride
great, and handle well too.  They run at 35psi to avoid too much sidewall
distortion that can damage the wide white.

 

Carl Bilter

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From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Thomas Miller
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:26 PM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Patrick Meehan
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] radial tires for a 300F

 

  

Patrick, 

You'll get a plethora of opinions widely distributed across the continuum of
the Coker radials being a total piece of crap, to "wow, they're great and
I've never had a problem with them"! 

I'll share my experiences with the Coker Classic Wide Whitewalls and my '57
300C. I've owned this car for about 15 years. In the late 90s, the largest
14" radial wide white that Coker produced was a 225/75r14. I purchased an
entire set of these tires @ around $125 ea. back then. Within a couple of
years and less than 2,000 miles, 3 of the 4 tires suffered severe tread
separation. After a little finagling with the folks at Coker, they not only
made good on the purchase price of all 4 of these tires, traded me up to the
then available 235/75r14 size in stock and even honored the Forward Look
website 10% discount. 

These tires are still on the car today. I don't drive this car nearly as
much as I'd like, but I can say that the tire Coker is producing now does
*NOT* seem to have the tread separation issues of the older series I first
used. But, boy oh boy have these tires gone up in price. I think I paid
~$125 ea. way back when for the original 225/75r14s. A few years later, the
235/75r14s as I remember were about $175. I just looked at Coker's web site
and see they're bringing $277 a skin today..... (wow) 

All in all, if you like the way your F drives on bias plys, you'll love it
on radials. I'd also urge you to put icing on the cake and bolt on some KYB
shocks as well. You'll be amazed at how our "whale" sized cars can feel
quite nimble and responsive! :-) Take care.... 

Best Regards, 

Thomas F. Miller 
tfm@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tfm%40zippynet.com>  
'57 300C, '70 440+6 'Cuda 

>>> Patrick Meehan <meehan200@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:meehan200%40yahoo.com> >
9/18/2012 7:29 PM >>> 

i'm new to my 300F hardtop. it's got 72k original miles and drives like a
dream. however, i'm a little scared of the bias ply tires. they don't handle
well and i'm afraid of how old they may be. 
is it sacreligious to put coker classic radials on a 300F??? this isn't a
show car; it's an immaculate original survivor and i love driving it...but
i'm afraid sometimes of the non-radial handling. what does the crew here
recommend? 
thanks 
Patrick 

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