<VV> New "stock" tires for LM's

[larry at forman.net]

Since I live in CA and have bought a lot of tires at America's Tire
Store, I called them last week and they installed two of those tires for
$163 complete.   That was the only tire they could find, but the price
seemed right.   

Larry

On 2020-03-22 10:12 am, edward szuch via VirtualVairs wrote:

> I'm looking for a new set of "stock" tires for my 66 Corsa.  I want to keep
> the stock appearance and am looking for the narrow whitewall (or close to
> it).  I currently have a set of '96 Goodyear Decathlon tires on it in our
> typical P185/80R-13 size.
> The only tires I can find in this size are the Maxxis whitewalls listed at
> Amazon.
> Does anybody know of a different source?
> Second question.....I'll need to replace the valve stems as well.  With all
> the Chinese suppliers for just about everything, are there any I should
> stay away from or features to avoid (I know, a valve stem is pretty
> simple)?  I've run into problems with American companies using Chinese
> sourced junk so I'm just a bit leery.
> Thanks very much.
> Gary Szuch
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