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Old 10-01-2017, 04:09 PM
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My experience is the repo Wide Tread Gt's ride fine. Put Polyglas on and I will beat you with a stick.
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Old 10-01-2017, 04:35 PM
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My late 11 A Z 28 came with the fire stone 200 and the original owner said that they were terrible I have the Goodyear tires on there now I have 1 brand new still in the wrapper repo E70 Goodyear tire if any of you need one
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I almost went with the wide treads...but ended up ordering Wide Ovals.



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My experience is the repo Wide Tread Gt's ride fine. Put Polyglas on and I will beat you with a stick.
Isn't this a day 2 car? I remember early 70's EVERYONE put on polyglas in one size larger, i.e. F 70 15. Just sayin. Doesn't mean you can't still beat him.
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Old 10-01-2017, 06:58 PM
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lol...Lynn

Truth be told these will likely sit off to the side with a host of other parts until called for. I am finishing the car off in Day II and it will run with Cragar's for the foreseeable future, but wanted factory wheels & suitable tires here in case I put the car back to stock trim someday?

There's a lot of things scheduled for storage at this point.
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Old 10-01-2017, 07:24 PM
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If that is the goal, then Charley is correct; you only have two choices. I have SC 200's on mine (actually not ON it right now, as I have Centerlines and modern radials for cruising around, which we did today). Eddie prefers the look of the Firestones, I prefer the look of the Goodyears.
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Old 10-01-2017, 08:11 PM
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Ping me when you have a moment. I want to help you get the right rubber!!!

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Just a thought, but having recently replaced a set of tires due to age cracking, with only a few thousand kms on them, I'd strongly recommend waiting until (if!) you decide to go back to Day 1 before buying a set of new stock tires. That way you'd be driving the car on brand new rubber, and won't have incurred the expense if you don't decide to go back.
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As much as I like the look of the WT and SC200 tires I'm staying radials
Small Hurst are they making the radial look alikes in this size?
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As for the Goodyears... there are no plans for radials...
Trying to put some things in motion while at SEMA this year.

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