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Originally Posted by elmariachi
Not sure what you mean by a "real billboard tire." The tires come from Good Year with the white lettering spray painted on. The GY workers don't always stay between the lines when they paint and when some of them show up the lettering is already chaffed off. On this last set I bought, the lettering was pretty scuffed up from shipping and one tire was missing the paint altogether on the word "Eagle." I suspect these are made in the same Akron, Ohio plant where the NASCAR tires are made and realizing they are manufacturing vintage racing tires, not much attention is paid to such cosmetic details. You can remove the GY white lettering with one of several solvents, or you can go the other way with Ranger Tire Paint and make them look prefect.
The tires are a very soft compound. They're sticky, they throw rocks, they flat-spot in 15 minutes and as was already noted, they follow the grooves in the road. They are quite unmannered and are a departure from the smooth ride and easy handling you'll find with normal 15" street radials. But there is no substitute for the look and they are very predictable in the way they handle when you are pushing the car.
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Everything Elmariachi said...They are a ***** when you roll out until you heat them up and sort out the flat spots. Then they are sticky, predictable and somewhat like flypaper for rocks. The rocks will tend to add "patina" to your fenders which, for me anyways, you will have come to peace with. They do hunt on our freeways, they are not DOT, and they have the "hack-job" paint job on the lettering, which I am also at peace with and actually think is cool. I bought the Ranger Tire Paint, and several CC members have done the nice "Color inside the lines" thing, but I actually like the look just the way they sent them so I never did it. Also, Krause was great. Just talk to the son (Brandon Krause?). He was awesome and took good care of me. Followed up to make sure I was satisfied etc...