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BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? #2405958
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So anyone know what the deal is with the Coker built BFG vs the regular ones? Summit sells both & I really don't get it. So is the Coker tire going to last as long? Are they using used carcasses or something? I don't get it, is BFG making the higher $ one?

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Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: grancuda] #2405980
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Coker bought the molds and rights to reproduce specific types/sizes of now discontinued BFG tires

Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: DAYCLONA] #2406017
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Hopefully the BFG tires made by Coker won't have raised brown letters.

Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: grancuda] #2406125
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Time to start buying other brand tires is what that says to me.

Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: grancuda] #2406142
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The main difference looks to be Coker 295 is a lot narrower. Probably why they're selling them cheaper. drumhit


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Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: Michael Ecks] #2406151
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Originally Posted By Michael Ecks
The main difference looks to be Coker 295 is a lot narrower. Probably why they're selling them cheaper. drumhit




If they bought the molds I would think they'd be the same size, no?
Doug

Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: Michael Ecks] #2406166
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Originally Posted By Michael Ecks
The main difference looks to be Coker 295 is a lot narrower. Probably why they're selling them cheaper. drumhit





Don't look at the generic pics and decide anything


They say there are no such thing as a stupid question.
They say there is always the exception that proves the rule.
Don't be the exception.
Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: dvw] #2406210
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Originally Posted By dvw
Originally Posted By Michael Ecks
The main difference looks to be Coker 295 is a lot narrower. Probably why they're selling them cheaper. drumhit




If they bought the molds I would think they'd be the same size, no?
Doug


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Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: grancuda] #2406252
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Order two of each and compare over time.

Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: grancuda] #2406268
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A 295/50/15 the same size no matter who makes it

Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: solarguy] #2406301
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Originally Posted By solarguy
A 295/50/15 the same size no matter who makes it




Actually there are slight variations in thread width, diameter and overall width between mfg's

Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: DAYCLONA] #2406312
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Originally Posted By DAYCLONA
Originally Posted By solarguy
A 295/50/15 the same size no matter who makes it




Actually there are slight variations in thread width, diameter and overall width between mfg's


i've seen as much as 3/4" difference in diameter and tread width between manufacturers over many, many years in all sizes. and the charts that are published as guides in catalogs are just that; guides. so measure carefully and allow for extra clearance when deciding what will fit your application.
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Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: grancuda] #2406322
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Why not e-mail Coker and ask?

Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: Supercuda] #2406334
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Originally Posted By dvw
Originally Posted By Michael Ecks
The main difference looks to be Coker 295 is a lot narrower. Probably why they're selling them cheaper. drumhit




If they bought the molds I would think they'd be the same size, no?
Doug
Originally Posted By Supercuda
Originally Posted By Michael Ecks
The main difference looks to be Coker 295 is a lot narrower. Probably why they're selling them cheaper. drumhit





Don't look at the generic pics and decide anything




ummmm. i'm pretty sure he was joking about the one set of tires being wider.. thats what the little drum guy means..

Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: cogen80] #2406365
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Coker Tire has been in the tire business for 50 years or so.
Looks like you can buy the real BFGs until they run out but they're not being produced by BFG any more.

Coker Tire specializes in styles and sizes of tires that don't have much demand except from collectors. They buy the rights to a particular tire, including the molds, and make duplicates.
I remember seeing their ads in Hemmings in the '70s.

From their website:
"Coker Tire is the world’s largest manufacturer of specialty tires and wheels for collector vehicles."

While their tires are made for driving, I do not expect them to be suitable for competition. They do sell some racing slicks and front runner types of tires and those I'd expect to be up to the task.

R.

Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: cogen80] #2406403
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Originally Posted By cogen80




Originally Posted By dvw
Originally Posted By Michael Ecks
The main difference looks to be Coker 295 is a lot narrower. Probably why they're selling them cheaper. drumhit




If they bought the molds I would think they'd be the same size, no?
Doug
Originally Posted By Supercuda
Originally Posted By Michael Ecks
The main difference looks to be Coker 295 is a lot narrower. Probably why they're selling them cheaper. drumhit





Don't look at the generic pics and decide anything




ummmm. i'm pretty sure he was joking about the one set of tires being wider.. thats what the little drum guy means.. [/quote]

Thanks for the rescue cogen80. Yes, I was joking. The whole "this picture is representative and does not show the actual item" is a pet peeve of mine. In the day and age we live in with digital cameras it just seems lazy.

That said, I have actually seen some big differences in the same tire size between brands.


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Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: 469runner] #2407655
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Originally Posted By 469runner
Hopefully the BFG tires made by Coker won't have raised brown letters.
I bought 5 years ago new BFG's for my roadrunner. The white lettering on the rears had turned brownish and I couldn't get them white. the tire shop took them back and replaced them at no charge. here I am 3 years later and they've done the same thing. (keep in mine that there are O miles on both sets). Now BFG told the tire shop there was going to be a fee of $31.00 per tire to take them back for adjustment. I told the tire shop that that's absolute BS and wanted the claim number so I could vent at BFG. After I talked to the customer service and reminded them that their engineers were aware of this problem, they waived the fee's. After finding out that Cooker had the 275-60-15 BFG in stock, we ordered a pair from them that came into today. They said there BFG's aren't having the fading white letter problems. I did but their $10.00 per tire warranty good for five years and does include against fading letters. I'll keep you posted in a couple of years if the Cookers fade.

Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: Deepockets] #2407692
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Westleys Bleach White easily takes care of that browning.


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Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: grancuda] #2407694
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I ended up getting Mickey Thompson Sportsman ST 295/50R15's. These are for my daily driver & I didn't want to chance on the Coker novelty built. The real BFG's were going to be $100 higher because for some reason they also had a oversized shipping charge tacked on them.


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Re: BF Goodrich T/A vs BF Goodrich T/A Coker built? What the ? [Re: grancuda] #2407826
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Originally Posted By grancuda
Westleys Bleach White easily takes care of that browning.
Black Magic makes it now, not the same stuff as it used to be.

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