Favorite rear tire?

47convert · May 31, 2004, 02:05:39 PM

OK, I'm looking for rear tires for my 34 3window hiboy and I want something tall that'll fit on a 10"rim but I'd like something with a finer tread design than most light truck radials seem to have. Anyone have a favorite that would fit the bill?

Charlie Chops 1940 · May 31, 2004, 04:34:07 PM

In a 15" a BFG TA radial 285/70-15 will go on a 10" rim but I see them more commonly on 8" to 8-1/2" widths. I think they look better on the 8"/8-1/2" rims. There was a 315/70 at on time but it is a bit too large in diameter for my taste. Take a look at Tire Racks web site. There is a protion that deals with dimensions for available tire sizes for all the tires they carry. It takes a while to find that part of the site but it works apretty good.

Charlie

Dave · May 31, 2004, 04:52:58 PM

Quote from: "47convert"OK, I'm looking for rear tires for my 34 3window hiboy and I want something tall that'll fit on a 10"rim but I'd like something with a finer tread design than most light truck radials seem to have. Anyone have a favorite that would fit the bill?

Ive got the 285/70's on my 32 on 10 inch rims and i like em. Ill admit they look real good on an 8 inch rim also.. Look at the bbq build pics and there is a pic of my 32 with the bfg's on it..
Dave

beatnik · May 31, 2004, 08:54:04 PM

These are 285/70-15 BFG's on a 10" wheel. They look good but, I think I would have like them better on an 8" rim.

Roadstar · May 31, 2004, 11:13:37 PM

285/70/15 on a 8inch rim.

Good for mud boggin too

beatnik · June 01, 2004, 11:15:23 AM

Quote from: "Roadstar"Good for mud boggin too

I don't know anyone that would do that with there Hot Rod

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These are 285's on 8's

C9 · June 01, 2004, 12:16:34 PM

These are BFG 285/70R-15's on a 10" wide wheel.

They're just about the same size as the light truck tire (31-50 x 15) a lot of guys ran about ten years ago. This before the 285 was available.
In fact, standing them side by side the difference is virtually nil.

One thing to keep in mind on the light truck tires is they are 7 plies on the tread and 3 plies on the sidewall.

The passenger 285's are 3 plies on the tread and 1 ply on the sidewall.

All of which means the truck tires would be inflated 14-16# for the proper inflation pressure on a light weight car.

The 285's are run at 20# for the right inflation pressure on the same car.

Ride is considerably better with the 285's.

An additional feature about the 285's is they seem to made of a softer compound and bite quite well on the street.
Better in fact than the pre-wrinkle wall slicks from the good ol daze.

Doing a half throttle converter flash on my 32 makes the car launch really hard - when on a clean and dry, recently washed by the rain road.
After that, just roll the throttle in keeping it out of wheelspin and short shift to second....

C9 · June 01, 2004, 12:29:30 PM

Lemme try that again - think I screwed up on the first pic posting attempt.

47convert · June 02, 2004, 05:01:36 PM

Jay, they look good on your roadster and that is exactly the tire I have on the back of my '60 ElCamino - they don't look that big on the Elky though. Maybe I'll just mock them up in place on my coupe. Thanx