Question about Slicks....

[camarojoe]

They're slicks... how much street "driveability" are they really gonna have anyhow? For what you have in mind I think you'd be fine. My dad's Model A hot rod had M/T Pro Street bias plies on it with matching M/T fronts for years. He wore out the fronts and againt my advice he replaced them with a pair of radials. He claims it drives better than it ever did with bias plys all around. I know thats backwards compared to what you want to do, but again, I think you'll be fine, especially if they're brand new. I never had the guts to drive around too much on these oldies, but they sure did look cool.

[markjohnson]

There's nothing wrong with the Hurst re-caps and they're a great choice for budget-minded people. I'd hate to be admiring a great looking Day-2 street/strip or race car that has "UNIROYAL LAREDO" on the inside sidewall of the slicks when I look under the rear of it. That's the basic casing that Hurst uses on many of it's slicks. That, and I really don't want to risk the paint on a beautiful set of quarter panels, or even the quarter panels themselves of having a cap come off a tire and come whipping around over and over while still partially attached. I'm sure we all see tire caps on the highway all summer long from the big rigs.

[novadude]

Anyone have any issue w/ getting these Hurst tires to balance? I've heard stories about them taking a LOT of weight...

[PxTx]

I've never touched them, but it could be comming from the fact that retreads in general take more weight.

I can recall using an old snap-on manual spin, electronic tire balancer on some retreads right in the very early 1990's. Each of those took over 8 oz. on one place to balance out!

On the other hand, I would never balance my wrinkle wall slicks. There was too much tire change or growth during a burnout or running down the track for me to beleive that any balancing I did with that old snap-on unit would actually be worth it. I guess maybe a Hunter road-force balancer might be better for those.

Non of my responses are specifically addressing your question though, so I will say this... I have found that balancing is more critical for me on the front wheels than on the back. If you can balance these Hurst wheels with a normal amount of weight, great. If you can't, I would recommend just putting them on the car and seeing if you actually notice them being out of balance.