Anyone have these on their CMC Non flared? Ratings online for beetles rate 4.5's. Seem like a quiet tire. I'm not racing it just want to cruise and smile large. Running IRS with 4 disc on 4.5 rims
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<$45/tire and tread wear of 440 is one of cheapest tires you can buy for sure. Even Vredestein is more that 2x cost but with sticky 200 tread life. Nexen seems to be comparable cost/performance too - but has more sporty looking tread.
I'd pass on those Chinese crap tires and go with the Vredesteins. Good tires are important.
Just for the record, we put 45,000 miles on a set of BF Goodrich 155 /80/ 15R T/A Radials..mostly highway miles and certainly not much aggressive driving. I might replace them with the rebuild and they are available just over the US border for $95. per tire. Where else can you get Canadian beer in the local Pub for only $2. ?? Ogdensburg, NY.
Just choked ( read that checked ) with a big name tire shop here in town and they advised me to budget $1000. for the same tire, balanced and mounted. And...bring your own balance adapter too.
Originally Posted by David Stroud Ottawa Canada '83 IM Soob:
... I might replace them with the rebuild...
I've been meaning to ask-- did I miss this? Are you planning a rebuild, rather than a new (old) car?
Yep, it'll get rebuilt here in town, Stan. I'll be ordering parts next week. It's really not that bad.....well, sort of . The choices were many and the decision took quite a few turns. I was offered a decent pile of cash for the carcass by someone just South of me for a rebuild project , but I do have the Soob system nicely installed and still operational.
I could have given the car up, but be back in the same place I was four years ago buying a low bux plain Jane speedster and then putting a Soob system in all over again. Another consideration was the availability of a 15 year old replica to import.
They are scarce.
Oddly enough, Vic Weals had his very nice older IM Roadsterfor sale last Spring down near Knoxville for only $14,500 and I remember saying on this forum that I'd be all over that thing like a cheap suit if I needed one. He sold it to a friend who helped him post the for sale pics on this site. Who knew, eh ?
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Thread drift alert! Bet you wish you had bought windshields by the 1/2 dozen. Hey, at least rust hasn't set in. How about a couple Boxster air inlets just in front of rear wheels?
Originally Posted by WOLFGANG - '13 CMC FWB, FL:
How about a couple Boxster air inlets just in front of rear wheels?
Sure, Greg. Sounds great. You go first...
Nothing could be farther than my intentions. I like the nostalgic look just fine and my engine cools just fine.
David,
So who does the rebuild? You, I suppose. What all is in the mix to put the car back together? Re-weld the stiffeners that are broke/bent, patch the FG, apply a new windscreen, and off you go?? Maybe you have another thread up about all of this? IF not, you should.