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<p class="MsoNormal">Balancing wire wheels/tires is truly a dying art. We have one “old guy” in the LA area still doing it right. First you must true the wheel and be sure the spokes are tight. Then you mount the tire and true it (yes you do cut rubber off
a brand new tire). Then you balance the tire and wheel on the car so that you are balancing out variations in the drum or rotor. 4 tires = $700 including new tubes. But they ride like butter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#0070C0">Steve Kirby<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>President<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>China Auto Group<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">22831 Avenida Empresa<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688 USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Direct: (949) 261-8208<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: (949) 767-5949<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cell: (949) 903-0957<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Skype: steve.kirby29<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">www.chinaautogroup.com<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Triumphs <triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>auprichard@uprichard.net<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 13, 2020 3:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 6pack@autox.team.net; 'Triumphs' <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [TR] A little story about Coker tires<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Just for what it’s worth…..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Since there was only one manufacturer to choose from for redline tires, I bought 4 tires from Coker, through Discount Tire. Not cheap!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">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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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Andrew Uprichard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D">Jackson, Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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