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Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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11/20/09 10:17 PM
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I see that selection is pretty limited in these sizes nowadays. Are the goodyear eagles in these sizes any good?
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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I'm not sure. Pep boys used to have them in the 295 sizing in the Futura Super Sport line. Pep Boys went out of business here in Wichita, though... 
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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11/20/09 11:49 PM
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I have a set of 295/60-15 BFG Radial T/A's...New...Is this size no longer available??
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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I have a set of 295/60-15 BFG Radial T/A's...New...Is this size no longer available??
The 295/50-15 is available in Cooper Cobra, Firestone Firehawk Indy 500, Mickey Thompson S/T Radial and Mastercraft Avenger GT (an off brand Summit Racing sells). I haven't seen BF Goodrich or Goodyear tires in this size lately. If a company would make a 275/55-15 it would be perfect for me since a 275/60 is too tall for what I want so I run 295/50s on the rear of my Satellite.
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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11/21/09 02:16 AM
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The 295/60/15 is 29" tall, which seems like a nice height, I think the alternative for that height is a 255/70/15.
The 295/60/15 looks like a nice size tire. I wish they would make them. The 255/70/15 might be too skinny in my opinion.
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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I have a set of 295/60-15 BFG Radial T/A's...New...Is this size no longer available??
I'd be interested in buying those 295/60 BFG's if you ever decide to sell. 
As far as I know, the only 295/60's available new are bias ply Hoosier Quick Times. I currently run 295/65 BFG Drag Radials, but was also looking for a more traditional radial tire for extended street duty. 275/60's are too small for my application.
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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11/21/09 12:11 PM
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I have a set of 295/60-15 BFG Radial T/A's...New...Is this size no longer available??
I'd be interested in buying those 295/60 BFG's if you ever decide to sell.
As far as I know, the only 295/60's available new are bias ply Hoosier Quick Times. I currently run 295/65 BFG Drag Radials, but was also looking for a more traditional radial tire for extended street duty. 275/60's are too small for my application.
If they dont fit or look right under my 72RR I will keep you in mind bro...Your car looks killer with the Magnums and big fat blackwalls all around...Goes real nice with the color combo on your ride.. 
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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May I suggest Mickey Thompson 28 x 12 S/R Radial...
Yes that does work out to basically the same size as a 295/60/15, but summit lists those tires at 211 bucks each! Nice size and available, but for a lot more $ than a 295/50/15 street radial. 
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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Yokohama AVID ST, Firestone Indy 500, Goodyear Eagle GT, BFG Radial TA and if you want a sticky tire there are TA drag radials in that size.
I've tried all the first 3 tires.
The BFs are the best looking tire, nice clean sidewall. Clean up nice, shine up nice and worth mentioning since many of us take pride in cleaning up and showing off our cars but the fact is these are the worst tires built today for any type of performance or rain driving.
The Indy's are a decent tire too. Pretty average in every catagory but a bit noisey for a quiet car. Totally not a problem on a musclecar. These are super impressive in the rain. Not quite an accurate gauge but I could stretch the front shocks during takeoff with the Indy's in that rain.
The Yoke's. For a relatively cheap tire they are one of the smoothest, most quiet tire. Mine look like almost new after 30,000km of spirited driving. Again not quite the gauge most here are used to but I've went 2.0 60's with a stock 360 truck. These are the first regular tire I've had on my 5 speed truck I can go wide open throttle in first and hook.
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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Where did you end up getting the 295/60's? I have a pair of Dunlop 295/50's that are the perfect width, but too short for my Coronet.
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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11/22/09 12:43 PM
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I have a set of 295/60-15 BFG Radial T/A's...New...Is this size no longer available??
I'd be interested in buying those 295/60 BFG's if you ever decide to sell.
As far as I know, the only 295/60's available new are bias ply Hoosier Quick Times. I currently run 295/65 BFG Drag Radials, but was also looking for a more traditional radial tire for extended street duty. 275/60's are too small for my application.
If they dont fit or look right under my 72RR I will keep you in mind bro...Your car looks killer with the Magnums and big fat blackwalls all around...Goes real nice with the color combo on your ride..
Cool. I appreciate that.
285/70/15's are another option for me, but I cannot see paying a bunch of $$$ for those from Coker Tire. (We always ran those on our '64 Savoy while on the street.)
Here's another shot of the 295/65's. Those extra-long wheel studs will be going bye-bye over the winter...to be replaced with some shorter studs attached to some Strange axles.
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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11/22/09 03:08 PM
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Yokohama AVID ST, Firestone Indy 500, Goodyear Eagle GT, BFG Radial TA and if you want a sticky tire there are TA drag radials in that size.
I've tried all the first 3 tires.
The BFs are the best looking tire, nice clean sidewall. Clean up nice, shine up nice and worth mentioning since many of us take pride in cleaning up and showing off our cars but the fact is these are the worst tires built today for any type of performance or rain driving.
The Indy's are a decent tire too. Pretty average in every catagory but a bit noisey for a quiet car. Totally not a problem on a musclecar. These are super impressive in the rain. Not quite an accurate gauge but I could stretch the front shocks during takeoff with the Indy's in that rain.
The Yoke's. For a relatively cheap tire they are one of the smoothest, most quiet tire. Mine look like almost new after 30,000km of spirited driving. Again not quite the gauge most here are used to but I've went 2.0 60's with a stock 360 truck. These are the first regular tire I've had on my 5 speed truck I can go wide open throttle in first and hook.
I don't think Yokohama makes those tires anymore.  The tire rack used to have them listed and they are nowhere to be found.
I had a set of yokohama tires on a mustang and really liked them.
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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I too am looking for a 295/60 HR 15. As Magnmun said above, the Firestone Indy 500' in 215/65 HR 15 on my wifes 98 Buick, I have a hard time busting them loose wet. They will in a corner but when I stomp it at a light, that 3.1 power house wont bust them loose. When I had a set of BFG's T/A's or the G-Y triple treads, I could spin them anytime wet or dry. Best wet driving tire I have ever used, and I know wet driving. One of the worst RATED wet tires out there is the B-Stone Potenza RE92, But put one of those on my Motorcycle and its the best all around tire I have had on a Moto. DaveJ
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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Anyone know who makes the Mickey Thompson Sportsman S/T Radial? If they are using a newer sticky rubber compound they might be fun? 
None of the major players that I'm aware of. It says on their tire sticker, but the name slips my mind right now.
I did speak to them recently about their S/Rs. They feel they are the best modern design radial out there because it is an entirely new carcass design that is used on a variety of 17-20" sizes, and it has been down sized for 15" applications. I also asked about the lack of UTQC data on their tires. Their response was that they build performance tires and most of their customers are more interested in traction than tread life, so they don't bother. They did say most S/R users are getting around 12-15k miles out of them, so I'd say they are pretty soft. Guess I'll find out since I just bought a set and will be putting them to the pavement this coming summer.
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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those S/R's are sweet - I gotta see if the 28x12 will fit in my Cuda!!!! and what it will need for backspacing.
Probably, if you move your springs in at least 3/4" per side and get the back spacing nuts on with your wheel.
Here is the 26x10/15 on the front of my Challenger. Pretty tight with potential interference on the fender lip during body roll. I don' t have my rears mounted up yet.
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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Anyone know who makes the Mickey Thompson Sportsman S/T Radial? If they are using a newer sticky rubber compound they might be fun?
None of the major players that I'm aware of. It says on their tire sticker, but the name slips my mind right now.
I did speak to them recently about their S/Rs. They feel they are the best modern design radial out there because it is an entirely new carcass design that is used on a variety of 17-20" sizes, and it has been down sized for 15" applications. I also asked about the lack of UTQC data on their tires. Their response was that they build performance tires and most of their customers are more interested in traction than tread life, so they don't bother. They did say most S/R users are getting around 12-15k miles out of them, so I'd say they are pretty soft. Guess I'll find out since I just bought a set and will be putting them to the pavement this coming summer.
Yeah, 12-15K miles says the are probably one of the best of the 15"s out there. I had a set of 255/60/15 on all four corners of a 77 Trans Am in the late 70's/early 80s. I only got 17K miles out of them, but they had much better traction than the BFG Radial T/A which were the most popular at the time. They were labeled "Pro Trac" as I recall. 
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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Man those 295/65-15's look AWESOME on that Cuda! What are you running up front then?? Will that 295 work on my 69 RR?? Email me back with answers to: kfoz@comcast.net Thanks very much!
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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Are you certain BFG made a 295 60 15 in the TA Radial? Not calling anyone anything just asking if its a typo. In the early and mid 90s I wanted TA radials soooo bad but the only sizes they offered were 275 60 15 (not wide enough) and 295 50 15 (not tall enough). 285 70 15 was too tall. I ended up going with MT sportsman 29 12.5 15s.
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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i have mastercraft avenger gt,s all the way around on my 74 the back is 295 50 15,s on 10 rim the fronts are 225 70 15,s on 6 wide rims  ,  , 
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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www.vulcantires.com search dean stinger Great tires very wide 295/50/15 raised white letters saying stinger go great on my Bee's
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Re: Good street tire in 275/295 60 15?
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Man those 295/65-15's look AWESOME on that Cuda! What are you running up front then??
Will that 295 work on my 69 RR??
I run 205/70's on the front of the Barracuda on a 7" wheel. I have run 15x4 Magnum 500s on the front custom made by Stockton Wheel with 215/75's, but those were borrowed from my buddy. I really liked them on the car, but I don't want to pay that kind of $$$ for a heavy steel wheel.
Here is the same rear wheel/tire combo on the back of a '68 Satellite. 100% stock/worn out rear suspension.
Wheels are 15x8 with 4.5" backspacing.
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