[TR] A little story about Coker tires

[Geo Hahn]

Andrew -

I have not used them but heard them recommended as a place that will sell
you tires to which they have added redlines:

Diamond Tire -- https://dbtires.com/

Geo

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 3:07 PM <auprichard at uprichard.net> wrote:

> Just for what it’s worth…..
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> When I bought my TR5 from Charles Runyan’s estate, it came with 15
> year-old tires.  They had little to no wear, and drove fine, but I decided
> I should do the right thing and replace them if I was to take loved ones
> out for a drive in the car.
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> Since there was only one manufacturer to choose from for redline tires, I
> bought 4 tires from Coker, through Discount Tire.  Not cheap!!
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> I put them on the car and there was a terrible wobble around 50 mph.  I
> took them back twice to Discount to get them balanced, but the wobble
> persisted.  Finally, I took them to an old guy (well, older than me) in
> Detroit who boasted he had balanced wire wheels for 40 years.  He told me
> the tires were so out of true they could not be balanced.
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> I took them back to Discount Tire and they called Coker.  Coker refused to
> take them back unless they fell outside certain specifications.  The
> Discount Tire shop didn’t really know what Coker was talking about, but
> went through the process and sure enough, the tires all fell outside the
> specifications.
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> So the good news is, Coker will take them back.  The bad news is, Coker
> has no redline tires and doesn’t know when they will have more, if ever.
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> So my plan is to put new tires, not redline, on the car and keep the
> redlines I have if ever a buyer wants originality or the car is shown.
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> Andrew Uprichard
>
> Jackson, Michigan
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