How many guys run Bill Board Tires here or that you know. Who has had issues?

REAL 1 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-20-2013, 08:43 AM

GPete: Thanks mucho. I will take you up on your kind offer!! I will pm my info.
Tuto: Car look fantastic. Love the look.

Question..what is the history of Avon tires? Do they have any historical connection to the Cobra?

I checked my Bill Boards this week. No cracks at all. I try to run the car every weekend though to keep everything circulating. The worst thing for a car is to let it sit. Even if I put 20-30 miles on a weekend just to keep things flowing. The only time it sits is from approximately Decmeber to April due to the winter. First salting is the end until spring and a few rains.

My BB are about 6-7 years old and show no cracking at all but Bernica's little story has me a little concerned now. However, in reading his post again he saw the cracks but didn't change the tires and let them continue to sit. Berni, seems to me you should have changed them out at first sign of cracking. I would have changed them immediately.

I'm thinking of putting on Avons in the spring and stenciling the BB letters on with white tire paint. Seems like a plan.

What do you guys think????

Thanks.

REAL 1 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-20-2013, 08:46 AM

Gsharapa: Thanks. Those look great too!

Does any know if those are the correct size for a Cobra and what sizes they come in? Are they a track only tire too?

Are they different than the Avons that Tuto and Gpete posted pics off???

gsharapa · #3 (**permalink**) 10-20-2013, 08:57 AM

Looks like Roger Kraus Racing has several they recommend for Cobras but I haven't seen pics of them.

x 225/60VR15 369.00 14755 96V 6.0 - 8.0 25.70 7 9.13 8.07 80 29
x 225/65VR15 372.00 10961 99V 6.5 - 8.0 26.70 7 9.1 7.91 80 28
x 245/60VR15 392.00 11224 7.5 - 9.0 26.70 8.5 9.9 8.66 80 30
x 275/55VR15 446.00 13013 8.0-10.0 26.90 9 11.2 9.06 80 32
x 295/50VR15 462.00 13212 8.5-10.5 26.90 10 12.2 9.84 80 34
These size tires are used on Cobra's

Bernica · #4 (**permalink**) 10-20-2013, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by gsharapa

Looks like Roger Kraus Racing has several they recommend for Cobras but I haven't seen pics of them.

x 225/60VR15 369.00 14755 96V 6.0 - 8.0 25.70 7 9.13 8.07 80 29
x 225/65VR15 372.00 10961 99V 6.5 - 8.0 26.70 7 9.1 7.91 80 28
x 245/60VR15 392.00 11224 7.5 - 9.0 26.70 8.5 9.9 8.66 80 30
x 275/55VR15 446.00 13013 8.0-10.0 26.90 9 11.2 9.06 80 32
x 295/50VR15 462.00 13212 8.5-10.5 26.90 10 12.2 9.84 80 34
These size tires are used on Cobra's

I think Mickmate was recommending the 245/60 for front and 295/50 for rear? Seems about right.

Bernica · #5 (**permalink**) 10-20-2013, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by REAL 1

GPete: Berni, seems to me you should have changed them out at first sign of cracking. I would have changed them immediately.

Yep. When I first noticed the small cracking I asked around, even on this site. Received mixed comments, but mainly that as long as the cracks weren't on the sidewalls, no big deal. I can thank Randy Richey, Les Richey's son, who told me he was worried about them and that I should be very careful.

It is what it is. I am only glad that as someone said early in the thread, I wasn't driving it at the time!

I will stack this on my "lessons learned" pile, which never ends.