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Tires for your C3 (7/17)
3/15/10 12:34am

tuxblacray

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Greensburg, IN - USA

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Previous: 1984 Silver / Charcoal Coupe, 1988 Maroon Coupe / 1989 Artic White Coupe / 2001 Speedway White Roadster / Present:1976 Stingray Black / Black, Auto, 350 slightly modified (355 hp) Luxor Wires Redline Tires. / 1989 Roadster Bright Red...

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Hmmmmn...... My Cokers will dry rot off of my vette before I ever get enough miles on them to buy new ones again... I guess that is just part of livin in the Midwest (or East dependin on who ya talk with...) and ownin a fair weather only Vette.....

This ones just ta tease ya some Kev.....

Tux...

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Tires for your C3 (8/17)
3/15/10 12:48pm

KDADDY79
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Dutchess County, NY - USA

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White '79 Corvette. It's a driver.

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...yeah, now that's perty...

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Tires for your C3 (9/17)
3/15/10 11:25pm

cilrah

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Port Orchard, WA - USA

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1978 Indy Pace Car 4851 of 6502, Auto, L-48

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Everyone should watch this ABC news report I linked below before jumping into a "GREAT DEAL" on tires, do you really know how old those tires are?

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897

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Tires for your C3 (10/17)
3/15/10 11:47pm

lukesvette

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HOWELL, NJ - USA

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1979, Targa Blue (72 Color), Pace Car rear spoiler, L88 hood, Dark blue factory interior, 525HP 406, HD 700R4, 370 gears,Steeroids, composite rear spring, TT IIs wrapped in T/A Radials.

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Check the date stamping on your tires!!! Be wary of deals that seem too good to be true!! Wink

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Tires for your C3 (11/17)
3/16/10 9:09pm

ranger3

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North Charleston, SC - USA

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1975 L48 AT AC T-top

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You definitely want to ask the dealer the date of manufacturing on the tires.

Scott

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Tires for your C3 (12/17)
3/19/10 4:40pm

california68

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Yorba Linda, CA - USA

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1968 convertible, small block, auto, pw, pb, ps, air, 3rd owner CA black plate

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Thanks, cilrah, for the informative link!

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Tires for your C3 (13/17)
3/19/10 5:59pm

cilrah

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Port Orchard, WA - USA

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1978 Indy Pace Car 4851 of 6502, Auto, L-48

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[QUOTE=california68]Thanks, cilrah, for the informative link! [/QUOTE]

Not a problem, if you check the ABC News Link I posted above you won't need to rely on the tire dealer, you will be able to read the secret tire date code for yourself Wink

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Tires for your C3 (14/17)
3/19/10 8:38pm

ebo

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Holland Patent, NY - USA

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#1 *1980 White, Red interior 14,000 mile #2 *1980 Red, Oyster interior 93,000 miles Resto project car, rebuilt to 383 stroker

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My last three tire purchases have been from Tire Rack. I checked my "Born on Dates" and found the last set was 2 months old when I bought them.

I love my 500's on the Vette. Both daily drivers have BF Goodrich long trails and they have been mileage kings.

ebo

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Tires for your C3 (15/17)
3/19/10 10:31pm

OH6A

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Cadiz, KY - USA

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Ordered a set of BFG's from discount tire and specified the manafacture date on the tires that I would accept. They put that date on the order and sent ones made after the date I requested plus gave a $90 rebate for the set. Tires arrived in two days. How can you beat that?

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Tires for your C3 (16/17)
3/19/10 11:38pm

lukesvette

Fantastic deal Ken! DT gave me a great deal when I had a tire go bad on our van when we were on vacation a few years ago. We were back on the road for $80! Thumbs Up

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Tires for your C3 (17/17)
3/22/10 10:53am

BobOvette
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Millstone Township, NJ - USA

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1978 Pace Car - L82 with a 4 Speed AM -FM CB radio

Joined: 2/6/2010
Posts: 71

I just put the Indy 500 Firehawk tires on my PC, got a good deal and tires date stamp was less the 6 months old. Boy do they look good! Thanks for the tip on the tires and the link for checking the dates!

Almost ready to hit the road!!!!

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