Cokers look nice but they are really expensive compared to these at less
than $300 a set. I was looking into tires that have a significantly wider
whitewall but are not priced as high as Cokers or BFG Silvertowns, sort of a
compromise. I am interested to hear if anyone else has heard of or knows
anything about the Champiro GT's.
Dave
>From: "John/Shirley Nimmo" <sdarm2@xxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: IML: wider whitewall tires
>Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:50:09 -0800
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>>From: "david knight" <daveknight327a@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: IML: wider whitewall tires
>>Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:55:56 -0600
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>>In my quest to find a reasonably priced tire with a wider whitewall I
>>ultimately chose the Yokohama Dimension IV based on the words of several
>>members of this group, price, and looks. On Sunday I noticed a new set of
>>tires on a car parked in front of the local auto parts store that also had
>>a noticeably wider whitewall. The brand was Champiro GT and since I had
>>never heard of the brand before, I found the owner of the vehicle and
>>asked about them. He said that they seemed to be pretty good as far as
>>ride and handling and he paid about $250 for the set with balancing. I
>>called the dealer and he quoted me about $280 for a set of 235 75 R15's
>>which I believe would be a close match for most Imperials and other large
>>cars. The whitewall is about 1.25" wide which seems to be about about
>>twice as wide as most whitewalls these days.
>>My question to the list is if anyone else has heard of these tires and if
>>there are any comments. I found at least one website for the tire company
>>which was bilingual and showed several of their other models that had even
>>more Spanish sounding names than Champiro so I suppose they may be
>>imports.
>>Comments?
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>>Dave Knight
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