decent wide whitewall sought for 1992 Cadillac Brougham d'Elegance

On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:23:42 -0700 (PDT), The Derfer
> wrote:

>On Mar 17, 9:35*pm, wrote:
>> http://www.petepaulsen.com/Catalogof...lTires/Wide%20...
>
>Thanks for the links.
>But they're all so damned EXPENSIVE!
>Firestone FR721s used to be about $71 apiece.
>What happened to them?
>Are they coming back?

Firestone has the FR380 still which has a whitewall though not a huge
one. Decent price. Kauffman tire has them under their private label
as well. I don't think anyone outside the specialty shops have a wide
white anymore.... Sucks for those of us with old cars.

Steve B.

Does anyone know if the Toyo Spectrum in P225/75R15 has a
decent-sized whitewall? Can't find pictures of that exact size.

On Mar 20, 1:29*am, The Derfer > wrote:
> Does anyone know if the Toyo Spectrum in P225/75R15 has a
> decent-sized whitewall? *Can't find pictures of that exact size.

No, but a 225/70-15 Sumitomo HTR-200 has quite a wide whitewall. It's
well over an inch in width, looks like it takes up almost one-third of
the sidewall. It's definitely on the wider side of whitewalls that
I've seen, short of the full deal. I know it's a bit smaller than what
you're looking for, although the load rating should be fine.

It's got very good traction in dry and wet, and it's pretty quite.
Downsides include zippo traction in snow or on wet grass/mud, and I
find it wears fairly quickly. It's the OEM size for my '78 Trans Am
(well, it's the closest equivalent to a GR70-15) and I'm on my second
set of them. Tire Rack used to sell them; I don't know who carries
them these days.

.....Ed

Can't find those anywhere. Might be discontinued.


> No, but a 225/70-15 Sumitomo HTR-200 has quite a wide whitewall. It's
> well over an inch in width, looks like it takes up almost one-third of
> the sidewall. It's definitely on the wider side of whitewalls that
> I've seen, short of the full deal. I know it's a bit smaller than what
> you're looking for, although the load rating should be fine.
>
> It's got very good traction in dry and wet, and it's pretty quite.
> Downsides include zippo traction in snow or on wet grass/mud, and I
> find it wears fairly quickly. It's the OEM size for my '78 Trans Am
> (well, it's the closest equivalent to a GR70-15) and I'm on my second
> set of them. Tire Rack used to sell them; I don't know who carries
> them these days.
>
> ....Ed

On Mar 25, 3:54*pm, The Derfer > wrote:
> > No, but a 225/70-15 Sumitomo HTR-200 has quite a wide whitewall. It's
> > well over an inch in width, looks like it takes up almost one-third of
> > the sidewall.
>
> Can't find those anywhere. *Might be discontinued.

They're still in Sumitomo's catalogue:
http://www.sumitomotire.com/catalogs..._Passenger.pdf on
page 7.
The "slim" whitewall is a lot more than slim. I have the whitewalls
inside, because it's a Trans Am.)

You could try asking Sumitomo who might carry it. Tire Rack still had
some stock available when I got the second set a few years ago. I'm in
Canada, and I'm pretty sure that I could never get this size locally.
I wonder what inspired Sumitomo to make this tire; is there some
performance/luxury Japanese car that takes these tires?

.....Ed