New Viper Owner

[Copperhd]

Hello everyone! I am the new owner of a 2005 Viper Copperhead #130. I am still waiting for the car to arrive from Iowa. The car has 15K original miles and it has the original run flat tires. I am having a heck of a time finding tires, run flat or not. Can someone suggest how I find tires? Are there substitute sizes? Any help would be appreciated, and I am very excited to be a new Viper owner. Good to be here

 

[Old School]

You don't have to run 345's in the rear, you can bump up to 355's

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/TireSearchResults.jsp?gclid=CjwKCAjwx4O4BhAnEiwA42SbVAqnIjGXA1i8mZq8bCHNqcmmz9oCXVimyTDv0YZyTAv95me5oGgpWRoClwQQAvD_BwE&width=355%2F&ratio=30&diameter=19&ef_id=CjwKCAjwx4O4BhAnEiwA42SbVAqnIjGXA1i8mZq8bCHNqcmmz9oCXVimyTDv0YZyTAv95me5oGgpWRoClwQQAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!3756!3!686518237360!!!g!!&gclsrc=aw.ds&&affiliate=HM5&gad_source=1

 

[daveg]

Look up Jon B

 

[Copperhd]

I am in contact with him, thank you! He does have tires in stock.

 

[Copperhd]

And thank to Old School. Going to 355’s frees up some more choices.

 

[sssikvipe]

go with Jon B. You'll get great service and fast delivery

 

[Copperhd]

I did contact Jon B. He gave me a price on a set of tires and when I asked him what brands he had available he got offended for some reason. All I wanted to know is what tires he was recommending.

 

[Copperhd]

I have since talked to Jon B. He was pretty slammed and I was “kicking tires”, pun intended.

 

[SA HEAT]

I did contact Jon B. He gave me a price on a set of tires and when I asked him what brands he had available he got offended for some reason. All I wanted to know is what tires he was recommending.

If you haven't dealt with Jon, that's just him. He can be off-putting at times, but he's really a pretty good guy once you get to know him. He apparently gets some people who take up his time while using him as a resource for his expertise, and then they go elsewhere to make a purchase....that's why he can get short sometimes, which is understandable. He explained it to me a while back when we had "words" when he thought I was doing that to him.

And he still may be the only dude in the U.S., and maybe the world, who was capable of acquiring an ACR-X oil fill cap that didn't have an ACR-X engine attached to it, when I was looking to buy one. I challenged him on his tag line and found that when he says he can get anything for a Viper, he means it. Great resource for the Viper community.

 

[MoparMap]

If you haven't dealt with Jon, that's just him. He can be off-putting at times, but he's really a pretty good guy once you get to know him. He apparently gets some people who take up his time while using him as a resource for his expertise, and then they go elsewhere to make a purchase....that's why he can get short sometimes, which is understandable. He explained it to me a while back when we had "words" when he thought I was doing that to him.

And he still may be the only dude in the U.S., and maybe the world, who was capable of acquiring an ACR-X oil fill cap that didn't have an ACR-X engine attached to it, when I was looking to buy one. I challenged him on his tag line and found that when he says he can get anything for a Viper, he means it. Great resource for the Viper community.

So totally off topic, but what's different about the ACR-X oil cap? Now I'm just curious, lol.

 

[SA HEAT]

So totally off topic, but what's different about the ACR-X oil cap? Now I'm just curious, lol.

The label is red instead of black and reads "15w-50 factory fill" instead on 0w-40 (see my avatar).

 

[Arnold Rod]

I used Nitto Invo tires on my Copperhead. I've been very happy with them.

 

[Reguy]

I called him once, never again and managed to get tires very easily and quickly. My view, why take an attitude from someone who is basically working for you. There are many experts in their field who don’t have an attitude issue.

 

[Copperhd]

Reguy, who did you use for a tire source? The biggest thing that bothered me was when I asked Jon what brand of tires he had, he acted like I had offended him somehow, and what he had is what you get and just don’t bother me with silly questions.

 

[Reguy]

I ordered them through Tire Rack. I did most of the leg work on line then spoke by phone with a rep to finalize the order. This goes back a few years. As I recall, the rep’s first name was Dustin. He was very polite and helpful. They shipped the tires directly to my dealer who did the install. The other person suggested tires that were different in size than what came stock and was on the car. When I told him I wanted to think about going up in size he seemed very irritated that I didn’t want to order them immediately and told me he didn’t have time to waste on tire kickers. By the way, I decided not to go with the bigger tires.

 

[efnfast]

Reguy, who did you use for a tire source? The biggest thing that bothered me was when I asked Jon what brand of tires he had, he acted like I had offended him somehow, and what he had is what you get and just don’t bother me with silly questions.

I had the exact same experience when I asked him what brands he stocked and what the date codes were ... so I just went and bought from Tirerack; they had no question answering my questions ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Copperhd]

Exactly. I guess some can look past the attitude, but as someone who has been in customer service all his life, being treated properly is all part of the experience.

 

[daveg]

Had a Great Experience with Jon, The date code on my tires was a couple months before I purchased.
Couldn't have been happier with buying experience.