Looking for some recent experiences on what to use/avoid for tires for street use.

Have 15” x 7” wide steel wheels and looking to replace my “tired” TA radials.

Want a nice ride, good dry traction tire. Not worrying about race performance.

I’m lucky if I put 2K miles per year on the car.

Anything out there better than a new set of TA’s ?

I've heard good things about Cooper Cobras.

Mine has tires from Diamondback. But they are a Milestar carcass. I have no complaints

M/T Sportsman S/T radials are better than the BFG Radial T/A tires if you're trying to stay with a white letter tire.

M/T radial tires are made by Cooper also.

I've had Coopers, Mastercraft, Goodyear, Milestar, and Starfire tires on a variety of cars & trucks in the last few years.
All have been fine, nothing bothersome with ride or noise or lifespan.
I'll spend up for the performance stuff (track use), but usually my street cars' tires age out before wearing out.

Michelin, preferably Pilot Sports, are all I run.

Of course the OP neglects to tell us what size he is looking for.

Anyone that thinks Mastercraft tires are suitable drives like grandma, lol.

For 15" consider the Nitto 555RII. They've got some cool 15" sizes. I have no personal experience but heard some very good reviews.

Seems they are good handling and very good traction. They have low treadwear rating. But do you drive it more than 5K miles a year?

If you don't drive it much, the tires end up cracking before the tread wears out.

I just bought a set of BFG T/A/s. I have Hagerty and am in the drivers club. With that they offer a $100 rebate. I also used it for my Michelin on my daily driver when it needed tires a couple years ago. No help with tires, but saving money is always good too.

Another vote for Cooper Cobras.

I have the older Nitto 555Rs on the rear of my coupe (275/60-15). The Nitto 555RIIs apparently have a different compound as they aimed the updated product at the newer factory sports rides, so low profile tires, etc., etc....still, I suspect that even at the max effort level our street/strip rides will never push the tire to it's max.

Anyways...I like my current Nittos, but next time up I'll probably try the MT ET Street SS.

been running the coopers for a while.
better wet traction than the BFG's.
255/60 15's
been debating upgrading to 17's but I like the white letter look.
sam's sells a set of 4 for around 650 out the door.
you can get free or 20 dollar memberships so worth a look for savings.

Thanks for all the comments. Some of the tire websites are a pain to use. 😔

I've also used Coopers and Mastercraft with decent success. Right now I have Mastercraft Avengers 235/70/15 on my Diplomat Police Car and it gets driven less than 1000 a year. I like the tread pattern and American tire look on my vintage stuff. They look about as close as I can get to the old Eagle GT+4

I used Cooper Cobra's 235/70/15..(255/60/15 rear) on my Duster, before I sold it a few months ago.
They were great tires... gave zero problems.

I have the Milestar street steel on the rear of my Duster and while the car doesn't have enough power to hurt itself they drive fine. I have a pair of Maxxis Marauder (can't get them any more where I normally do) on the rear of my old chevy pickup and they have done well also.

Won't have a radial t/a ever again.Just don't do anything well IMO.My duster had two like new 255/60r15 on the back when I bought it and they are sitting in the store room at work.

If you go in person take Logan. Belle Tire and Discount Tire both give Veteran discounts of like 5 or 10%. Think Belle is 10% and Belle is 5%. Got mine at Belle because of the rebates and Memorial Day sale, it was like $5 more than Sam's club and worth it to save me from driving across town. Belle said they will match Sam's club pricing for the package if they can. Discount matches tire prices, but not the package.

Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully I will see you at Fort Gratiot this year.

i have hoosier pro street tires on the back of my charger, and some no name [???] h speed rated tires on the front that don't have the "tractor tread" pattern that most all season tires have.
both seem to do what i want on my car, so i will have to report back sometime in the [somewhat] distant future whether i like the fronts or not.

I am off the day of that show, the Downtown show, and Marysville show. I won't have the car at the Fort Gratiot one probably, but may drive it up.

Sportsman S/T's work well for a driver.

I use Avon CR6ZZ. Great tires but rather expensive.