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M/T Sportmans #172957 12/22/08 05:53 PM 12/22/08 05:53 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 947 Goodyear Arizona M midnite360 OP super stock
midnite360 OP super stock M Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 947 Goodyear Arizona	There not radials so whats a good cheap tire i can run up front with these things?

Re: M/T Sportmans [Re: midnite360] #172958 12/22/08 06:06 PM 12/22/08 06:06 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,936 Richmond, VA VT_Dart master
VT_Dart master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,936 Richmond, VA	I ran both the bias ply fronts and radial fronts and actually had MUCH better handling with the radial fronts. I know they say not to mismatch radial and bias ply, but the car was much more predictable easy to drive with the radials. Many will argue and I understand their reasoning, but that was just my personal experience. Darrah Heath

Re: M/T Sportmans [Re: VT_Dart] #172959 12/23/08 11:05 AM 12/23/08 11:05 AM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 15,487 Florida S scratchnfotraction I Live Here
scratchnfotraction I Live Here S Joined: May 2003 Posts: 15,487 Florida	you should not mix the 2 on the same axle,IMO I run 29x15.5x15 on a 12" rim with 165/15 on a 3 1/2"x15 rim on a 85 step side truck with no probs I also run some 235/15 on 7" rims on the front with no probs M/T has a wide sreet radial tire also thats new you could run some front runners from micky to matcha sportsman IMO,they dont wear that good for street driving.for the front my sportsmans are holding up good to daily driving and has been 1 1/2yrs now,reg street tire on the front run em!

Re: M/T Sportmans [Re: scratchnfotraction] #172960 12/23/08 09:15 PM 12/23/08 09:15 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 16,477 On the run… BloFish I Live Here
BloFish I Live Here Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 16,477 On the run…	Quote: you should not mix the 2 on the same axle,IMO I run 29x15.5x15 on a 12" rim with 165/15 on a 3 1/2"x15 rim on a 85 step side truck with no probs I also run some 235/15 on 7" rims on the front with no probs M/T has a wide sreet radial tire also thats new you could run some front runners from micky to matcha sportsman IMO,they dont wear that good for street driving.for the front my sportsmans are holding up good to daily driving and has been 1 1/2yrs now,reg street tire on the front run em! It really doesn't matter whether you win or lose… as long as you look good doing it! ‘65 A100 ‘69 ‘Cuda ‘73 Vega GT ‘06 Mega Cab ‘14 Mercedes SLK

Re: M/T Sportmans [Re: BloFish] #172961 12/24/08 07:35 AM 12/24/08 07:35 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,067 Niles , Ohio T therocks oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
therocks oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah. T Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 21,067 Niles , Ohio	I run Mickeys on the rear and I have a set of Nexen and a set of Kumho 165 80 15s for the fronts.Its street driven and handles well.Rocky Chrysler Firepower

Re: M/T Sportmans [Re: VT_Dart] #172962 12/25/08 10:54 PM 12/25/08 10:54 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 16,478 Canada CrAzYMoPaRGuY I Live Here
CrAzYMoPaRGuY I Live Here Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 16,478 Canada	Quote: I ran both the bias ply fronts and radial fronts and actually had MUCH better handling with the radial fronts. I know they say not to mismatch radial and bias ply, but the car was much more predictable easy to drive with the radials. Many will argue and I understand their reasoning, but that was just my personal experience. I've driven quite a few M/T Sportsman cars with the same setup. Front and rear tires aren't on "the same axle", I think they mean the same car...? Hate to say it, but I've never had issues. CrAzYMoPaRGuY

Re: M/T Sportmans [Re: CrAzYMoPaRGuY] #172963 12/25/08 11:49 PM 12/25/08 11:49 PM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Back in the day guys to cheap to buy matching sets of rubber would put whatever they had on any wheel. Sometimes they would put bias-ply and radial tires on the same axle. Seeing as how they grip differently they would get bad results. If you run mickey's on the rear and radials on the front you shouldn't have any issues.

Re: M/T Sportmans #172964 12/26/08 07:23 AM 12/26/08 07:23 AM
Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 531 SE Michigan F farmington mopar addict
farmington mopar addict F Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 531 SE Michigan	I had a 74 roadrunner way back when and tried the radials-frong and bias-back, scary handling. I had M/T sportsman fronts on my duster for a while. Absolutely hated them. Car felt like it had 250,000 miles on the front end parts. Constantly fighting the steering wheel. Put some Kumho radials on the front and now it drives like it should.

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