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

[Mike Kost]

I haven't tried them yet and they are blackwall but I have been looking 
atVredestein Sprint Classic - Size: 6.40SR13 from TireRack

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Vredestein&tireModel=Sprint+Classic&sidewall=Blackwall&partnum=647SR3SC&tab=Sizes

Mike Kost

On 3/24/2020 4:05 AM, larry--- via VirtualVairs wrote:
> The two tires I got for my 65 Monza at America's Tire Store in
> Sacramento were:
> Milestar Touring SLE, P175/80R13 M+S with narrow white walls. They were
> about $53 each and two mounted and balanced were $163 out the door with
> new valve stems.   However, they were out of the extreme extended valve
> stems, so I had to reuse my valve stem extenders for the original hub
> caps.
> They had to order them from one of their warehouses and they got them in
> about 3 days here in Sacramento.
> Note: you do need to tell them what tire pressures they should have for
> the front tires as they had already pressurized them about 35 PSI.
> I was in and out in about an hour with an appointment.  For the social
> distancing they ask customers to wait in their car and pull their car up
> for service, which seems about perfect in today's environment.
> Larry
>
> On 2020-03-22 9:57 pm, larry--- via VirtualVairs wrote:
>
>> 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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