Like title says if you were buying white-letter radials today which brand tire and why??

Size in question 245 60-15 and 275 60-15's

Are BF Goodrich letters still turning brown and if so isn't there a product out now to clean them up??
Thanks Ron

I had a bad experience with T/As last time I bought them. Granted, that was in 1996, but they all leaked air within a couple of years and very few miles. The only set of Coopers I've had were on the car a couple of months when I sold it. To me, they're all too expensive for the speed rating.

I think you only have 3 or 4 choices today.


All ugly tires.

I would go with the BFGs . Simply on looks alone.
I dont push my cars hard or race them.nor drive them in the rain.
And they will dry rot before i wear them out .
I just need to look good and not vibrate.on the hiway.

A buddy a mine bought the BFG off a vendor at Carlisle this past summer..
And they guarenteed them to not turn brown for 5 years

I like the Cooper Cobras. No lettering turning brown, dry rotting or any other issues. I have one set that is about 8-9 years old and one that is just a year old and they both look and perform great. I bought mine ebay, and the sizes you are looking for can be bought for as low as $150-$160 per tire with free shipping if you can mount them or have them mounted locally.

I think now it is BFG and BFG made by Coker under licence.
I would get the Coker.
Or Copper Cobras i think they may be a better tire, but I don't think the Coopers look as good.
The BFG look the best and would agree with you as being my choise

I have bf Goodrich. No leak problem but they aren't white anymore.

I’m happy with my Cooper Cobras.

Unfortunately the Firehawk Indy500s are loooong time discontinued… my fav tires profile

Me to. Kelly Chargers used to be my go to, but discontinued. I wouldn't waste my money on BFG. They will turn brown.

Coopers.

I have run Coopers & the BFG T/As.

The BFGs have a harder tire compound, so they do not grip well. Very poor traction if driving on wet roads.

The Coopers are far better!

Either way, black walls out for this kid.

Another vote for Cooper Cobra.

I put a set of Mastercraft Avengers on one of the cars maybe 2 years ago, and for a street tire they've been fine.
Not a prestige brand, but they seem as decent as Cobras, T/As, or my old Indy500s.
The lettering doesn't matter to me as I run them black; I'd run redlines if they weren't an arm & a leg.
My local Cooper tire store sells them.

I like the look of that tire but they don't offer a 245 60-15
Ron

I really want to pull the trigger on Cooper but the letters are ugly IMHO so would have to go blackside out and maybe letter them with GY PolyGlass stick-on letters
Ron

I have used Coopers, and Mastercraft. No problems with either but one Cooper Cobra grew a huge lump while heading to Carlisle one year.

looks like they have 255, too wide??

I heard of an outfit called tredwear that does decal kits. Maybe add those to black walls?

I have Good Year on my Rallye wheels on my Charger to simulate the old Good Year polyglass look. They also brown like BFG's over time. I have Coopers on my Cragar wheels with the RWL inward, my Roached Runner with RWL inward, also have Coopers on my New Yorker with the grandpa white walls out and they have not browned at all over the years. Old school from the 80's BFG's still on project Charger #2 and they never brown.

how old are these?
firestone doesn't even show this size on their site for this tire.