I am wanting to put new wheels and tires on my hiboy. I now have 285-70x15 on the rear now. I would like to run something a little narrower and 16" diameter. I have looked at the Excellesior 16 tires, kinda pricey. I also have 8" wide rims. I have looked at light trucks, most the tread looks pretty aggressive. Anybody have any ideas?
Welcome to the " looking for some reasonably priced, round, relatively narrow, but tall and with a nice looking sidewall with a non directional normal looking tread, 16" tires for my hot rod" club. Will be watching this thread.
The rear tire are for/from a electric (suv thing ) Toyota 16 tire I payed like $92 new name brand tire, I'm out of town for few days so I can not give size , i think 30-31 inch tall That why purchased , not scared of the electric only on tires , i have been 100mph on them . On front are Excellesior to much $$
I built a couple deuce highboys with 235/85/R16 Michelin light truck tires, they have a mild tread and don't look like snow tires. They are the same size as a 750/16 and are affordable. I ran about 25 lbs of air.
I have 285 70 15s on my 55 Chevy, it is a 90's mini tub ride I built 25 years ago. My daily has 265 70 16 Michelins. they are a little shorter and I would say a good 2 inches narrower than the 285's. the thread pattern is very similar to the T/A's. Around here they are about 185.00 a pop. But Firestone and Cooper offer similar tires in the 130.00 range. And my truck runs an 8 inch rim. Larry
Continental 235-65r-16....8" rim suggestion. (15 fronts) Sent from my XT1710-02 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I put 165/80 r15 on front that are 25.4 tall and 6.5 wide on my 32 cabriolet I put 235/75 r16 on rear that are 29.9 tall and 9.3 wide. 5 inch wheels on front, 6" wheels on rear. Works for me. Use tiresize.com tire comparison subsection. Includes avail tires and prices for second tire. Good luck, Al $534 for all tires, mounted and balanced.
The tires are made by Nenex and I got them from my regular Cooper tire shop and they mounted and balanced them. I actually took them home and installed them. I believe the company comes up on the tiresize site. Cooper didn't make both sizes so I decided to try another company but still from regular tire man.
Steve, You might try Diamondback Classics. Ask for Rusty. I believe they have some new 16" tires that are radials but look like bias ply. If memory serves me they are relatively skinny as well. Try here: https://dbtires.com/product-category/tires/ Look at the Auburn series and Cadillac Series tires first. They did the red lines on the 32 sedan and I was very happy with them.
I run 18/20 lbs in em and they ride great. Have had them on the last 8 32's I've had. The 5 window and this roadster have been driven x country a few times with no issues
I have yokohama ry215 15's on my sedan. Pretty sure they make them in 16's too. Not badly priced and by far the best looking radial for a hot rod in my opinion.