Question about Slicks....

[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.

[Jim Ferron]

Hey Joe, are those Firestone 500's new? repops? or NOS? Just love em!

[PxTx]

I would wager you could probably count on one hand the number of repro items Joe owns and those aren't one of them.

[brent396]

Earl any more pics of your 69 nova love that day 2 look

[camarojoe]

They're real-deal NOS originals. Still pretty pliable too, but I don't know how many 9 grand holeshots they'd survive. They handle lamps and coasters just fine though...




Seems old 14" slicks are alot harder to find than 15"s, and to me the Novas just look better with 14 inchers. I have a cherry pair of 8.20-14 M&H Racemasters too, was thinking of mounting them on a set of Motor Wheel Spyders one of these days.

[mnyenko]

The only other photo of the Nova has 15" Torque Thrusts. The Hurst Cheaters are on 15x7 Pontiac steel wheels. The inside wheel lips were already trimed. L78 4spd buckets console 4.10 12 bolt. Needs a trip to Deuce heaven for a repaint in original fathom green. Earl