Oh, and if you want to know how bad the tires can be. just read the 1-star reviews on Walmart for the Douglas tires. There a few too many cases of catastrophic failure with these tires. I don't think it can be possible to make something safe for so cheap.
Here are the 1 star reviews for your tires
Product review - Walmart.com
www.walmart.com
I still think the Tiger PAW is the best tire you will get at a lower price point. Anything cheaper is not going to be as reliable and high performing.
Thanks everyone for your answers and also for the alternative suggestions. I don't think a 165 is wide enough for a 5" MGB Alloy wheel.
The Douglas does sound like a promising bet-I like them being made in the USA. Some of the higher priced alternatives sound like they're worth the extra, though.
Did you use the $50 rebate for the RT43s' from GENERAL ? If not , go to generaltire.com and click on OFFERS at top of site . The rebate ends on 4/30 . Keep us up to date with take of the 43s' .
Yep, that sounds like a decent tire high profile tire for a car like that, as sticking like glue isn't really what that car is about. I don't know if you drive it in the rain but those tires should be fun as well with a gradual break away.Took about a 50 mile drive on them today and I like them.
I did chirp them a few times, but that may also because I've been dealing with run-on and got a tongue lashing from an old time MG mechanic I talk to occasional who had some choice words when I said I was shifting at 3K-3500. He told me I was wasting the cam I paid good money for if I didn't run it up to 4K-4500 before shifting, and I seem to manage some 1st gear chirps about the time I really hit the power band of that cam(which is right where I'd been shifting before).
In any case, though, they both ride and stick better seemingly than the 5 year old Yokohama Avids I still have on another set of wheels. I suspect part of that is because the Yokos are getting some years on them, but they should still have another year or two at least left.
Assuming I can still get them the next time I go tire shopping, I see another set of Generals in my future.
Douglas tires are actually some of the better cheap tires, and mostly US-made, too
They are made by Goodyear, and Walmart is the only store that Goodyear makes private label tires for.
I agree. I have a set for my Isuzu. Made in USA. Very comfortable ride. My advise, do not go over the maximum tire pressure printed on the wall of the tire
I would be extremely careful with Uniroyal Tiger Paw tires. I have had (4) blow outs on high speed interstate driving. Once in 1981. Again in 1986 and the last was actually (2) in 2009. So you can see I was a big fan and used to put Tiger Paws on all of my Chevy sports cars until that last blow out tore up the front end of a Chevelle Super Sport show car and almost put me in a swamp. You could not give me a set these days. Now these were all the larger old style - not same as trucks, or do they even make them for current smaller sedan model cars? Nobody blow a gasket. Its just a fact and a scary one at that. A blow out going 60 to 75 mph is no fun and pretty dangerous.Honestly, the best old-school tire for the price is the Uniroyal Tiger PAW II.
I have both the Altimax RT43 and the Uniroyal Tiger PAW II on my two rigs right now. I personally think the Tiger PAW is a much better tire than the Altimax in every way except maybe tread life since they have a bit of a softer compound. Tiger PAW is pretty good in snow, and amazing in wet and dry. The lateral grip is one of the best I have ever used in an old-school tall tire wall tire. My little RWD Toyota pickup has 195-75-14 Tiger PAW tires and it can do at least 10 MPH faster (than any tires before) on the same highway on ramp curve I take a few times a week. They are also very quiet on the highway. Easily one of the best tires I have ever owned, and I've owned a lot, and usually purchased the top of the line when possible.
I wish they had the Tiger PAW II in the size for my van, as I would not hesitate to use them over the Altimax rt43 which is a bit of a softer-walled tire than the Tiger PAW. Although, I have no doubt the Altimax tires will last longer, but that's the only plus I can find yet.