[T3] Time to re-tire the Notch
Jim Adney
jadney at vwtype3.org
Thu Mar 10 08:00:03 PST 2022
On 9 Mar 2022 at 12:35, Greg Merritt wrote:
> Look at this...!
>
> https://www.walmart.com/ip/Michelin-57982-XZX-Radial-Tire-165SR15/518038163
That stunned me, until I looked closer and did a LOT of searching. Note that
it says "Sold and shipped by JEGS High Performance." Well, here's the link
at JEGS, which happens to be just a tiny bit more honest: JEGS doesn't
leave out the word COKER.
https://www.jegs.com/p/Coker-Tire/Coker-Tire-Michelin-XZX-Tires/1650011/
10002/-1
Michelin declared our XZXs obsolete a few decades ago, and sold the molds
to Coker. Coker makes repros from those molds, which certainly look the
same and are the right size, but they aren't the same quality.
Nevertheless, they may not be any worse than our other options. I've never
actually dealt with Coker. Does anyone here have any direct experience they
can share about Coker tires?
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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