New Tires

oldspert

oldspert

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Bought a set of new Excelsior tires for my coupe. Tried to break the old tires down to take them off of the rims and they were so hard I could not budge the bead. Took them to a local tire shop and had all four mounted. Cost me $10 each but saved me lots of heartache and back ache. The old Firestone whitewall tires had been on the car for no telling how long and had bad weather cracks. Anybody want them free if you pick them up in Red Oak, TX.
 
Will need to be replacing mine, what did you pay for the new set, and where did you purchase them? Are they 19" or 21"?
 
JEGS WAS SELLING THE EXCELSIORS FOR 104. A PIECE A FEW MONTHS BACK. INCLUDED SHIPPING AND TAX


not sure if they went up or not
 
I had the same problem removing very old tires, 21 inch. You can break the beads by running over the tires with a heavy vehicle. I used my 2016 Chevy 2500 pickup. The wheels need to be refinished so I was not to worried about them. I then cut the tires through in one place with a reciprocating electric saw with a metal cutting blade while holding the bead away from the rim so that I would not damage the rim. The tires went to the dump.

When installing the new tires, I pried both beads onto the rim at the same time with the tube installed. Less chance of damaging the tube that way.
 
ronn said:
JEGS WAS SELLING THE EXCELSIORS FOR 104. A PIECE A FEW MONTHS BACK. INCLUDED SHIPPING AND TAX


not sure if they went up or not
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ronn---- that is a good price:)

For that money you could replace them almost three times for what one set of Firestones or Goodyears cost!
 
$96.00 for the 19"black wall.....A silvertown white wall will set you back $312.00 each......But the car would not look the same without the white wall....Why such a difference I wonder? I don't see excelsior offering the white walls, maybe they should?
 
excelsior is the cheapest tire out there- maybe that is why they dont offer the ww.


no frills.............


Yes Jeff, thought the same. not sure why I didnt order a 2nd or 3rd set yet, but I guess I wtd to see what I bought first. Still havent run them, though I did mount them.


soap is your friend.......... for mounting. I used dawn on the bead and a world of difference.
 
When I mounted my new tires I lubricated them with Murphy's Oil Soap. Very slippery and washes off with water. Just don't kick the bottle over on the garage floor. Again, very slippery. Don't ask me how I know.
Marty
 
Since the 1980s I have been running Universal Tires exclusively on my Model A's. Sadly, Universal Tire is no longer in business. However, I hear that Universal Tires are being made and sold by another company. Who might that be?
 
Both Coker and Universal are owned by the same company and operate as stand alone companies from what I gather.
 
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