chub

I Am Ready To Put New Tires On My Rally Red 66 Vert And Need Some Advice. What Brand And Size Looks The Best?

Jims79

It all depends. what look are you going for, stock or modified. 17" TT look great on a 66 with black walls & if your going stock a 215/70/15 will fill in the wheel well & will not rub. But you need to decide black wall, raised white letter, white, red or gold line tires come in radials and each look good depending on the style your after.
Welcome aboard the ride.................it never ends.........

stingrayl76

Is your Vette stock? What kind of usage will your Vette be getting? You're going to get many opinions on what looks best. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Different strokes for different folks. IMHO, I would go with at least an "H" rated 205/75R15 or 215/70R15 tire in the style that you like.

chub

Thanks Jim For Responding. I Haven't Owned A Stingray Since 1966 And Just Got This One Last Week. I Am A Long Time Vette Owner But Now That I Am In My Third Child Hood, I Want It To Have Good Curb Appeal. I Bought It To Drive A N D Look Good. So Having Said That, It Is Basically Stock With Beauty Rims So Far. How Wide Can I Go Without Creating A Problem?

Jims79

Stock 66 327 coupe w/knock off wheels. I have white wall 205/75/15 on it right now. They look good fill in the well but a little too narrow for my taste. I just ordered the diamond back firestone 500 radial in gold wall (which is original to my body & color) in a 215/70/15. The 65 & 60 will fit on your car but don't fill in the wheel well and look small.

These are H rated radials and I drive my car hard but not all the time.
Again depending on what look you want these cars look in in red line, gold line, black wall w/polished wheels or raised white letters. Check out pic's of same year vette's w/diff tires and wheels on them before you spend a lot of $$ and not like what you got. Been there, I didn't put the white wall radials on this vette but I put three diff size tire's on my 79 in one year.

chub

I Thought I Remembered That When I Was Selling The Vettes Back Then That They Came With The Fireston 5's On Them. What Kind Of Money Am I Looking At.

Jims79

Funny you ask I just placed an order this morning. I called Diamondback tire and ordered the firestone 500 H-radial in a 215/70/15 w/Gold line shipped to my front door for $750. add another $100 to mount & balance. Now you can drive to firestone & install a set of 500 indy raised white letters for less. Or go w/the red line to match the paint. Or polished TT's 17" or 18" w/black wall b.f.goodridge for some where in the $1800 to $2000. see it never ends.
G/L
Jim

chub

I Just Spoke With The Dealer Here In Chattanooga And He Has Them In Stock, The Same Tire For $82.00 Per Tire. I Am Going Down There In About 30 Mins. Thanks For The Help.

Chub

VA63SWC

I just installed Firestone Indy 500s in 215/70-15s on Western knock-offs on my 63. Got them from Tire Rack for $297 delivered and $40 to mount and balance. Big diference in handling. I had BF Goodrich 1 1/5 inch white walls on the car and wanted a different look. Very satisfied with the Firestone which Tire Rack rated very high in their eval.
Doug

67-427ci

I just installed a new set of Goodyear Eagle GA's 215/70 HR15's. These are black sidewall "H" rated tires. Only drove them 75 miles so far, but the ride and traction seems good. Got them at my local Goodyear store $720.00 installed with lifetime balance, rotation, road hazard & treadwear warranty.
Roy

Frankenvette 63

Pirelli P4000's rule! Don't know if they're still available, but money well spent on my Roadster.

stingrayl76

Pirelli 4000's

JohnFromVentura

I love P4000 also! The last ones I bought have different sidewalls than the older ones. In 4" block letters they say "PIRELLI" and have other large lettering on them. Kind of looks like a rotating billboard. Not as nice as my 1st set but a very nice tire. They are still used on Jags so are readily available.

Cliff63

215/70/15 on 6" rims....see pic <<<<<over there.

And I do not have a right rear flat (pic crop problem)

Rons65

I just put 215/70/15 BF Goodrich Premier Touring radials (whitewall) on my red 66 roadster - whitewall is real close to correct and the tires are very smooth - T rated. I was looking at others when I discovered at COSTCO and with the $60 discount they had going was $250 mounted and balance (all 4 ) on my knockoff's - they were real careful and I am happy with the look. Of course, I took off my LAST SET of Coker's ( ) so anything I put on the car will be smooth!

Thaddeus

Do you find that the 215/70/15 tires rub in the fender wells? I am about to put these on my car and wanted to make sure that clearence is not an issue.

Thanks for the help.

Cobra66

As several others have already recommended, Pirelli P4000's are fantastic. I've had them on my '64 for a year now, and I'm very pleased with handling, braking, steering effort, etc. I'm running 215/70/15's on American Racaing Torq Thrusts (7" width).

Look great in the wheel wells--really fills them up with absolutely no rubbing on body or frame.

They're a bit pricey, but unless you drive your Vette tens of thousands of miles per year, your investment will be spread over a long time, so it will pay out in the end as far as enjoyment of your ride!

67435animal

If you are shopping at Coker Tire, stay away from their Classic Redline Radial. Many of us, inlcuding myself, have found this tire to be inferior and unsafe.

NedP1

The problem with low volume tires that look the same as originals is their force variation. Michelin leads the OE and aftermarket in control of force variation. High force - higher than about 40 lbs per assembly - will result in tire/wheel vibration at highway speed. The wheel run outs can be additive, depending on the indexing of the tire to the wheel. If you use a high RO tire you can sometimes make it acceptable by match mounting to a high RO steel wheel. Generally, aluminum wheel ROs are much lower than steel.

I see that someone was using 215/70 R15s. Are the wheel well clearances OK for the tire or a 6 1/2 wide rim?

67-427ci

215/70R15's fit perfectly without any rubbing. I ran my car on a road course a few weeks ago (high speeds with heavy cornering) and no rubbing at all. As I mentioned earlier in this post I installed Goodyear Eagle GA H-rated tires.
Roy