The Swede Posted February 16, 2008 Report Posted February 16, 2008 Hello everyone. I´m looking for new tires for my dodge. Where to buy 600-16 with whitewalls online? Here in Sweden those tires cost about the same as my car. But I can´t drive around on the modern stuff that sits on my car right now. Regards Jimmy Quote
mackster Posted February 16, 2008 Report Posted February 16, 2008 Hello everyone.I´m looking for new tires for my dodge. Where to buy 600-16 with whitewalls online? Here in Sweden those tires cost about the same as my car. But I can´t drive around on the modern stuff that sits on my car right now. Regards Jimmy http://www.whitewallcandystore.com/index.htm 205/75/R16 $195.00 plus tax plus shipping not cheap by any means but O.K. priced. it replaces the 600-16 tires and they are radials!!! so it will handle better than those old style tubes! (I may be hit by others with a different point of view!!! ) Anywho...hope this helps you out. Quote
Guest rodeojw1 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Posted February 16, 2008 Also Diamondback Tires Are Good And Shipping To Canada Was Realistic Quote
mackster Posted February 16, 2008 Report Posted February 16, 2008 Rodeojw1 welcome to the forum, hope to see you around... Quote
The Swede Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Posted February 16, 2008 Yes radials should be a good choice I think. Didn´t even know they exist as a choice for that dimension. Is this the same dimension? http://www.universaltire.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=24813&category_id=324 I´m no good at converting tire dimensions...... Quote
mackster Posted February 16, 2008 Report Posted February 16, 2008 Same size, but in the candy store you save $15.00 bucks a pop! so thta's 30.00 dollars towards shipping. it should be just fine.... Quote
The Swede Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Posted February 16, 2008 Okey! Yes but I have to look around. I have a shipping adress in the US so shipping shouldn´t be so expensive.... Just need to find a company who can charge my swedish Visa card and ship in the US. Quote
Norm's Coupe Posted February 17, 2008 Report Posted February 17, 2008 Coker Tire also has the tires you're looking for. They do have a web site. Don't know how they would handle your credit card. However, I would think any of the major tire companies would take your order for the tires with the card. The only thing they might do is charge you a little extra for the exchange rate between the countries money. Quote
randroid Posted February 17, 2008 Report Posted February 17, 2008 Swede, I handle credit cards from foreign countries on a regular basis and have never had a problem. I get paid in $US and I have no idea how the exchange rate is handled on your end, but I see no reason a US company wouldn't accept it without question. If you have a US address, are there people in the States who visit you and could bring them over? If so, why don't you ask them to buy them for you and save local shipping? One last thing; I have an '84 Ford van with 16.5" rims, and when it came time to replace the tires I found it cheaper to replace the rims and buy 16" tires than to buy the 16.5" tires alone. They have the same profile so they don't mess with the speedometer or gas mileage, which makes me wonder if you could change to 15" rims and make the whole thing cheaper and simpler? Good luck (and welcome to this confederacy of lunatics) -Randy Quote
The Swede Posted February 17, 2008 Author Report Posted February 17, 2008 I´m using a freight forward company to ship everything I buy in the US over to me. In the end of this month a ship leaves NJ with some things I bought. The good thing is that I bought two bumpers for my brothers Nova. He´s paying for the shipping so if I find tires before the end of this month I can ship them together with my brothers stuff. Wouldn't cost me much at all. Looked at Coker Tire and they even have paypal on their site! Really easy for me to shop there. But both dbtires and the candy store has cheaper alternatives. The tires on dbtires are tubeless so I save a few bucks on tubes if I buy from there.... I really don´t know where to shop. Sent a mail to dbtires and asked if they accept my credit card so let´s see. Quote
Norm's Coupe Posted February 17, 2008 Report Posted February 17, 2008 Swede,I handle credit cards from foreign countries on a regular basis and have never had a problem. I get paid in $US and I have no idea how the exchange rate is handled on your end, but I see no reason a US company wouldn't accept it without question. If you have a US address, are there people in the States who visit you and could bring them over? If so, why don't you ask them to buy them for you and save local shipping? One last thing; I have an '84 Ford van with 16.5" rims, and when it came time to replace the tires I found it cheaper to replace the rims and buy 16" tires than to buy the 16.5" tires alone. They have the same profile so they don't mess with the speedometer or gas mileage, which makes me wonder if you could change to 15" rims and make the whole thing cheaper and simpler? Good luck (and welcome to this confederacy of lunatics) -Randy Randy, We take a lot of credit card orders too. Very little international ones though. The reason I said I wasn't sure if the supplier would tack on an extra charge for the exchange rate is because the card processing company does a double dip on processing fees. They'll hit the buyer with the exchange rate, then tack on an extra small percentage to the merchant for handling an international credit card, issued by a bank in a foreign country. If you look at the Monthly Merchant Statement from the processing company you'll see the difference in the the discount rate on the statement. It can be misleading for us since we deal with international companies with US locations. Some of those companies use foreign banks with credit cards or debit cards from the foreign bank. Then we get hit with that extra discount fee the processing company takes, even though the order came from the US location and was shipped to the US location. Quote
greg g Posted February 17, 2008 Report Posted February 17, 2008 How does the freight forwarding deal work? I just got an email from Norway regarding a transmission I have, but the least expensive shipping I found was like 400+ USD.. I could almost fly over with it as checked luggage for that amount. Quote
Normspeed Posted February 17, 2008 Report Posted February 17, 2008 Swede, I bought the tires for my teardrop trailer from Coker. I'm completely satisfied with the deal. I've had the tires on there for a few years now and they're still fine. 6.00X16 Firestone bias ply blackwalls. For the car I think you'll get way better handling with good radials. I switched from bias to Michelins and it's like a different car, it handles that much better. Quote
The Swede Posted February 18, 2008 Author Report Posted February 18, 2008 greg g: If I understand you right, there is a person in Norway who wants to buy a transmission from you? If so, give him this address: http://www.jetcarrier.com It´s for the freight forwarding company that I use. And the best of all they ship from US to Norway. I have to ship the Items I buy from Norway over here to Sweden. According to their price list he should be able to ship it from NJ to Norway for about $86.77. Quote
Uncle-Pekka Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 Hello Jimmy, This may make me look a fool, but I like to confess I just mail ordered a real economy set of radials for my D-24 from the States. The company is Vulcan Tire and the tire brand Dean Alpha 365 with a narrow white wall, size 215/75 R15. This is a economy brand by Cooper tires. The set of four including shipping to Charleston port (where my forwarder locates) was $250. The sea freight in consolited container to a finnish port is 10% of trade value, thus CIF should be ca. $275. I should get the set late in March, then we will see was this a foolish trade or a win in a lottery... Quote
Robin (UK) Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 I think your choice of tyres must be based around the type of driving you do. I use my P15 in and around London. Lots of city driving and, inevitably, lots of reverse (parallel) parking. I tried radials on my coupe, but the weight of the engine over those soft tyres made slow-speed manoeuvring really difficult. I switched to bias ply wide whites and it was so much better. I wouldn't consider going back to radials. At speed on the motorway (freeway) the car handles fine and doesn't seem to follow the ruts to any great extent. I think it's a case of having the front-end tight and the geometry set up correctly. Another point to consider is that you might not be able to run tubeless on vintage rims - it will depend on the condition of your wheels. Good luck with your shopping. Robin (UK) Quote
central52 Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 Interesting, two different takes on tires. Radial vrs. bias ply. Well, you people out there that have both should chime in and tell us what you think. I'm going to be putting on tires on my 47 Plymouth coupe, and would like to know the best way to go. My rims seem to be in pretty good shape......Ed P. Quote
Don Coatney Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 I am running radials. My car is very hard to steer when stopped or going slow. At speed it steers very easily. Quote
billwillard Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 I would never use bias tires agin. For ride and handlng radials can't be beat. I used a set of BLACK DIMOND tires and the whitewall was real soft and stained if you looked at then. Being as soft as they were they were hell to clean. Quote
Norm's Coupe Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 I am running radials. My car is very hard to steer when stopped or going slow. At speed it steers very easily. As Don pointed out, steering when going slow with radials is very hard to steer or turn the wheels. When moving it gets better. I have bias tires on my P15 and it steers very easily when stopped or moving. However, the bias tires do require you to hold the steering wheel a little more on wavy roads for better control than the radials do. That said, I refurbished a 1970 Chevy Impala back in the early 90's. When I got the car it had bias tires with power steering. That car was all over the road when you traveled at freeway speeds. It was so bad I was thinking the front end needed rebuilding. However, I finally put a set of cheap radials on it before I got around to that and I could drive the car at freeway speeds with my little finger on the steering wheel and it went straight as an arrow. Never did have to rebuild the front end. Hope this helps you make a decision on which way you want to go. So........really it's a trade off as to what you are looking for. Quote
james curl Posted February 19, 2008 Report Posted February 19, 2008 If you are only going to drive 500 to 1200 miles a year I would go with bias tires as they would be more correct. If you are going to be driving 150 to 200 miles on the highway at a time on anything but supper highways then go with the radials. On long trips the bias on secondary roads will wear you out. I did 4600 miles in three weeks last summer on all types of roads with radial tires and the car drove like a modern car. Quote
The Swede Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Posted February 19, 2008 Thank you guys for all the answers! Did a lot of thinking and finally I decided to buy radials. I´m planning to do a lot of driving this summer so it looks like radials are the best choice for me. /Jimmy Quote
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