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Try finding P225/75R14 WWW's while you are out there shopping. They fit much nicer on our Squarebird's. It is closer to the original 8.00x14" size too...
-Jon in TX.
sigpic The 1960 Ford Thunderbird. The WORLD'S most wanted car....
The advantage of Diamondbacks is that they will customize the carcasses of your choice to accommodate the width of stripe you want. The problem I have with them is that to do so they grind out the sidewalls of the carcass and then vulcanize the stripes into the sidewalls. I worry about the strength of the carcasses after that process but they have been doing it for a long time with no apparent problems. The tires I put on my TBird when I first put it on the road had 2 1/4" stripes vulcanized into them and I had no problems with them - they just got old to the point that I became concerned about the safety of using them. So I speak out of both sides of my mouth.
As Ray mentioned, one of the things to watch with tires is their age. Every tire has a four digit date code stamped into it indicating the week and year it was made. Tires made this week have a date code 0414. I always check the date of manufacture of tires and do not buy tires that are more than six months old. Tire experts suggest that tires more than five years old should be taken out of service regardless of the wear on them although they also say they are probably safe until they are seven years old. The problem is that as far as I know, there are no regulations regarding how old tires can be when they are sold - new or used. I have heard stories of tire dealers selling ten year old tires as "new" just because they had never been mounted! Caveat emptor.
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