Made in the USA!
For years, Diamondback Classics has been the producer of wide
whitewall, redline, blueline, and goldline tires. Utilizing
the latest and highest quality manufacturing process, Diamondback
Classics provides you with all of the modern-day safety, handling,
and ride quality of a true radial tire with the look of yesteryear.
Whether it is a Michelin, Firestone, Goodyear, Dunlop or Cooper
tire, Diamondback Classics vulcanizes your custom dimension
vanity sidewall treatment to any modern-day radial tire in our
plant located in Conway, South Carolina. Our quality control
department insures that only the highest quality products leave
our facility. Problems with balancing, traction, irregular wear
patterns, excessive weight and noise levels are virtually non
existent. We know and understand that valuable assets ride on
our products…your many hours of sweat and tears, busted
knuckles and thousands of dollars, and now you are ready for
the road. Why settle for second best and second-rate products
by returning three sets of tires until you find a set that meets
your standards when you can buy Diamondbacks once and find satisfaction.
Why Choose Radial Tires instead of Bias-Ply?
Since their introduction in 1970 adial tires have been one of the great innovations for
modern vehicles. That same innovation is used for every Diamondback Classic radial tire.
Radial tires offer many benefits over bias ply tires…
At Diamond Back we sell only radial tires - absolutely no
bias-ply. Not only do we produce the world’s most beautiful
tires, we also produce the world’s best handling, best riding,
and most durable tires. Bias-ply tires simply cannot give
you these qualities.
Radial tires offer these improvement
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easier
steering
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quicker steering response
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improved ride
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better stability
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less “wandering”
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less road shock
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better
puncture resistance
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• less
rolling resistance
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better fuel economy
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better braking
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improved traction
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longer tread life
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Wives tale or fact…
Are radial tires
safe for my stock rims?
It is a common question for us to offer proof that Diamond back
Classic radials can be installed tubeless on older rims. I do
not know how I can offer physical proof, however, I can offer
an opinion based on my 35 years of experience.
The issue that needs to be discussed- can a radial tire be
installed tubeless on an older rim, and will radial tires
cause older rims to split? Let's look at our answers to these
two questions.
The first radials were imported to the US in the late 1960's
by Sears. These tires were manufactured by Michelin. Because
of the improvement in ride, handling and safety these radials
became immensely popular. These tires were sold by the hundreds
of thousands by Sears nationwide. Neither Sears or Michelin
ever specified that these tires had to be mounted on different
rims—these tires were sold in numerous sizes for every
make of American car and most were mounted tubeless.
The first American company to build radial tires was BF Goodrich
in the late 1960's. BF Goodrich spent millions on the development
and advertising of modern radial tires. Again, BF Goodrich
never said that radial tires had to be mounted on specialized
rims. Radial tires were installed on the stock, OE, rims.
Were there any problems? Not to my knowledge.
Let's step back a few years to 1957. This was the first year
of the tubeless tires developed and manufactured by BF Goodrich.
These tires were built to work on existing rims. There were
no rim modifications to accept their new tires.
The point to be made is: throughout the development of the
tubeless tire and the radial tire, there was no parallel development
in rim technology.
In my years in the tire industry, I have not seen a tubeless
radial tire that has caused an original rim to split or malfunction.
Bill Chapman
President CEO
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