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By carl - 14 Years Ago
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Another coker tire bites the dust.A friend was comming back from a car show in xenia ohio a couple weeks ago in his 56 crown vic.he was running about 65 when part of the tread seperated on the right front,he said it sounded like it wiped out the inner fender but it really didnt do much damage.the coker tire only had 4000 miles on it.i dont know what coker is doing about it but i am getting nervous about running them on my car.i have had to replace 4 of the 5 tires i bought from them,2 were tread separtion and 2 were defects in the sidewall.coker did replace mine though. Carl Ohio
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By crenwelge - 14 Years Ago
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My opinion of Coker is a clone of a 50 year old tire for a trailer queen. From what I've seen, they don't compare in performance to what we had 50 years ago. I consistently drove at speeds around 100 mph when I was commuting to college 45 years ago and I don't recall a tire ever coming apart on me. Of course, they didn't last very long either. 200 miles a day ran the rubber off in a hurry. The only tires I remember throwing rubber were the US Royals. They were notorious for that.
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By 46yblock - 14 Years Ago
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They sound dangerous. There have been a fair number of other negative threads on the Cokers too.
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By ecode ragtop - 14 Years Ago
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I HAVE USED A LOT OF COKER TIRES, AND HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH THEM, I HAD ONE SET THAT CRACKED THRU THE WIDE WHITE WALLS. COKER KNEW IT WAS A PROBLEM, AND REPLACED THEM AT NO COST. ALL YOU CAN ASK IS FOR A COMPANY TO STAND BEHIND THIER PRODUCT. TOM
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By DANIEL TINDER - 14 Years Ago
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(8/3/2010) ALL YOU CAN ASK IS FOR A COMPANY TO STAND BEHIND THIER PRODUCT. TOM
Too bad they weren't standing behind me when I was:
Changing a flat by the side of the road (4 times), waiting around to have the replacement tires they sent mounted & balanced (5 times), and first of course, to have the defective ones dismounted (many separate trips/gas used to get to the tire dealer), fishing the money out of my wallet to pay for shipping back their defective tires, etc., etc.
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By grovedawg - 14 Years Ago
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Are they Coker Classics? What tire is it specifically?
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By carl - 14 Years Ago
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The tires i had problems with and the tire my friend had come apart was coker classic Carl
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By DANIEL TINDER - 14 Years Ago
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Coker Classic WWW radials. Tread separations & sidewall splits here also.
In all fairness, since I could never stand the bone-shattering ride their tires produced at the full recommended 36 lbs. of pressure (even with OEM shocks), I wonder what percentage of the all-too-numerous Coker WWW Classic radial failures occurred to people who DID consistently run full pressure?
As far as standing behind their product goes, though they did always replace the defective ones, after all the trouble & inconvenience they caused me, they still had the nerve to pro-rate/charge for treadwear! I would have been WAY ahead of the game if I had just thrown all 5 away and replaced with another brand at the very first sign of trouble!
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By Vic Correnti - 14 Years Ago
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We just received a set of Diamond Back tires for my wife's Amphicar. I have had troubles in the past buying so called "new" tires that have been sitting around in a warehouse for years then sold as new. These tires are built new when ordered and people that have them say that the white walls do not discolor either. The are not cheap though, but from all the info I read and heard about them is good.
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By TEDDYP - 14 Years Ago
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i lost 2 coker tires they replace both this was on 2 driffrent cars and the one i got the car with their tires on itthey have a pretty good service dept. but i don,t know if i would get them again
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By rgrove - 14 Years Ago
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I also had problems with coker classics (out of round, couldnt be balanced, not true, etc...) They replaced them with American Classics. Much better tire - lighter, actually round, etc. Been happy with those over the last year. Cant comment on if they will fly apart though!
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By old cars - 14 Years Ago
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Guys I was thinking about buying some WW but now,reading these post I don't think so.
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By kevinwalshe - 14 Years Ago
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I've read reviews on this site, the hamb, mustangsonly, and a lot more places and have come to the conclusion that more times than not, cokers are...not the tires to buy. I have had more BFG's than I can count, as well as others such as Yokohama's, bridgestones, michelin, etc. and have not had any problems with those manufacturers. I can't say cokers aren't good, but I can say that they don't come highly recommended.
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By grovedawg - 14 Years Ago
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I bought WW Firestones from Coker. I had a little run around getting them here, but I can say they've got really good customer service. Even when they did botch up my order. But that's a slightly off-topic post about Coker customer service, and not their tires. 
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By comrade-paul - 14 Years Ago
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Reading this makes me so glad I didn't buy Cokers for my 59 Mercury.  Here in England Whitewall tyres are hard to get. Specialist Tyre suppliers can order them in and usually Coker are the brand we get offered. However I went for BF Goodrich Crossply tyres. I believe in the US you call them Bias Belted. I wanted correct specification 850x14 wide whitewall. By the way, I am in the Us between 17th September & 16th October. Any good shows in the Chicago / Indianapolis / Denver areas during that time?
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By oldcarmark - 14 Years Ago
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Comrade-Paul! Havent seen you on here for ages.Hows the car comming along?How is your lovely photographer?
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By Phil T. McNaste - 14 Years Ago
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The fun never ends @ coker tires chk out these stories>>
http://forums.aaca.org/f143/warning-defective-inner-tubes-286287.html
http://forums.acdclub.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=17635#17635
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By rgrove - 14 Years Ago
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comrade-paul (8/27/2010)
R y the way, I am in the Us between 17th September & 16th October. Any good shows in the Chicago / Indianapolis / Denver areas during that time? When are you in chicago? On the 18th (I believe - next saturday) the Mecum auction is at Pheasant run in st charles. Probably goiing to that. Then on that sunday is a concours event at the Cantigny grounds (golf course, infantry muesum, tanks, etc). That show usually gets about 350 cars. Then the following weekend is a show at a place called Sonny Acres (pumpkin patch type place) Usually about 300+ cars there too. And our club has a few crusie nights/classic drive in spots, etc that we hit pretty regularly in sept.
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By comrade-paul - 14 Years Ago
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Hey Ron. We passed through your town today as we visited Volo Auto Museum. Im stopping in Glenview. We are going to a car show tommorrow. Chicagos historic Route 66 Classic Car Show. Between Pulaski Rd & Hamlin Avenue if that means anything to you? We will be in a pale blue 1956 Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special. Licence plate 159-780
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By rgrove - 14 Years Ago
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Wish I would have known! I live about 5 minutes from the volo museum. Could have met up for lunch! Mecum acution was ok; not as good of cars as last year, but fun to do anyways. Hoping for no rain tomorrow, as we are hoping to do a car show tomorrow at cantigny, down by wheaton. Where is the show you are attending?
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By Craig Seyfried - 14 Years Ago
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So far I have had no problem with the Cokers I purchased 2 1/2 years ago. I put them on my 56 Customline and they were 670-15's with the correct 11/16's wide whites. They have made the 2 long trips to Branson,Mo and the other to Tinley Park, ILL this past summer. I live in Colorado so I consider these to be long trips. When coming back from MO we drove through 103 degree heat in Dodge City Kansas. At Tinley Park I drove the car around the Autobahn Grand Prix race track. I usually run 65 or 70 on the highway and run about 30lbs in the front and 28lbs in the rear. Tire pressure is critical Check it often with a good guage that you know is accurate. When the tires are cold at about 45 to 50mph somtimes I get a slight shimmy in the front end but after they warm up they are fine. Hope this helps, Andy Of Mayberry
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By famdoc3 - 13 Years Ago
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I run fast and hard in my T'bird which I drive often. I have been thru many Cokers. I now have the Goodyears from Kelsey tire. They are quite, balance easily and run true. Wide Whites are a little more guady than the plaine wide white I'd like but they are great tires. MIKE
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By Talkwrench - 13 Years Ago
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Have any of you guys tried the "American Classics" ? WW Radial tyre they seem to be a reasonable price...
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By speedpro56 - 13 Years Ago
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I love the way the Goodyears look and handle and there more reasonable in price than the Cokers and the Goodyears are made here in N.C. USA.
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By rgrove - 13 Years Ago
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Talkwrench (6/26/2011)
Have any of you guys tried the "American Classics" ? WW Radial tyre they seem to be a reasonable price...
Yup, i have them. They are pretty good...much lighter and easier to balance than the older coker brand ww. I got these prorated warranty from those due to being unable to balance. These are MUCH better!
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By DANIEL TINDER - 13 Years Ago
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Curious: How do the Goodyear whitewalls clean up? I'm VERY happy with my Michelin Diamond Backs (they clean easily/don't yellow) but, there is still that slight hint of a port-a-wall look.
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By lovefordgalaxie - 11 Years Ago
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Talk about resurrecting an old thread!!!
I was reading about them Coker Tires and found way more negative than positive feedback on the poor things. Most problems seem to happen to the Wide White Radial they offer, the one with the Coker brand (not a repop Firestone, or BFG, or anything like that)
That being said, I always loved the looks of the Firestone Wide Ovals and call me crazy or not, also love the "feeling" of driving on bias ply tires. Since I learned how to drive on a car that had bias ply tires and drum brakes, old tech feels just fine to me.
Thought about that over and over and decided to give Coker a shot.
My '74 Galaxie came from the factory with bias ply tires. They were 7,75X15 with the option of F70 15 and could be both from Firestone and Good Year. I was using 215 70 15 Hancook radials on the stock 6" wide wheels, and isntalled a set of Firestone Wide Ovals from Coker. They are F70 15 with the white line option.
Until now, I have about 4500 miles on them, and the tires are great. On a straight road, going between 65, 70 MPH they handle very well, and they are very comfortable on bad roads.
I took some pictures the day I had them installed:
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By 56_Fairlane - 11 Years Ago
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I've always liked bias-plys better than radials. To me they also rode better and were quieter. You didn't hear the road noise over the engine. I've never tried bias-plys on a modern car.
I've only tried radials on older cars where they were originally equipped with bias-plys and to me radials were worse in every respect.
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By Talkwrench - 11 Years Ago
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Looks like your ridin' on balloons there !
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