tires

[66furywagon]

hi what size tires are u guys running on your new yorkers
just getting ideas

 

[1978 NYB]

P235/75R15's

 

[bluefury361]

P235/75R15's

same on my 69 300 ..... 1" whitewalls

 

[Pete Kaczmarski]

P235/75R15's

X2 but with 1.5" white wall

 

[1978 NYB]

1"whitewalls on mine too.

 

[commando1]

P235/75R15's

Same here..

 

[1978 NYB]

Stan, have you verified if your speedo is accurate with those tires?

 

[commando1]

At 60-65 I have about a 5% error.
Find me some L-78 WW's at a price I can swallow and I'd be one happy camper but that ain't gonna happen.
Key word: affordable....

 

[1978 NYB]

Mine is off too.

 

[commando1]

Our original size, J78-15, had a diameter of 28.7".
Our P235/75-15 has a diameter of 28.9". Negligable.
So it has to be due to tire pressure and 35+ years of wear.

 

[Stormer]

305/45/18...

 

[cm23uoc]

305/45/18...

This the phone number of your girl friend )

 

[kmccabe56]

Our original size, J78-15, had a diameter of 28.7".
Our P235/75-15 has a diameter of 28.9". Negligable.
So it has to be due to tire pressure and 35+ years of wear.

If the tire diameter has increased, that's going to decrease the speedo error. Chrysler intentionally designed speedometers to read higher than actual vehicle speed to prevent lawsuits from "erroneous" speeding tickets.

 

[commando1]

You rekindled an almost dead brain cell when you said that. I remember reading something about that a looooong time ago.

 

[66furywagon]

thanks all

 

[patrick66]

Firestone 235-75R15 with the 1" whitewall on the '78 NYBS. They've been on there since 2010. I've had very good luck with them, and the ride quality is pretty good.

 

[66furywagon]

Firestone 235-75R15 with the 1" whitewall on the '78 NYBS. They've been on there since 2010. I've had very good luck with them, and the ride quality is pretty good.

thank u thats what i will run

 

[commando1]

thank u thats what i will run

I have found that Cooper has the best availability and the best price for that specific size.

 

[saforwardlook]

I checked on the Firestone website, and it doesn't appear they offer that size in a whitewall anymore. I was hoping they might still make them too.

Firestone 235-75R15 with the 1" whitewall on the '78 NYBS. They've been on there since 2010. I've had very good luck with them, and the ride quality is pretty good.

 

[66furywagon]

I have found that Cooper has the best availability and the best price for that specific size.

Thank u very much I will check it out