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Old 03-18-2020, 09:37 PM   #13
GB SISSON
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Default Re: Radial tires on old rims

I too always liked the look of bias ply tires. But last fall I went radial on '47 type stock rims, no tubes and no loss of air. The steering is way better. Since I am always on a truck chassis, I chose 215 85r 16s because they are readily available and way cheap on CL. These are tall and skinny and came stock on MANY dually pickups and cab/chassis. Anyways, I'm sticking with radials. I did go to a car show once in about 2014, and was underwhelmed by how they judged the cars.
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