<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I remember, in the late 90s or so, wanting to put those or a set of 195/55 AVSes on my SE-R, but as a relatively poor student I couldn't really justify that at the time. <br><br></div>It makes sense that my 36-year-old Fiat has absolutely everything under the sun easily available, while this 24-year-old Japanese car doesn't - but it still seems odd. It's not that bad (yet), though. I mean, if I want to re-bush my suspension with stock rubber bushings, I can still buy new OE-replacement control arms, for instance. <br><br></div>David<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Jaret Rapp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jaretr1@aol.com" target="_blank">jaretr1@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font size="2" color="black" face="arial">
<div><font style="background-color:transparent" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The second set of tires I put on my SE-R were Dunlop D40M2's in 195/55-14. Those tires were awesome. Those were the days. I think I spent $125 a tire back in 1993 or so on those. That was a HUGE expense for me back then. I rode those tires down to the cords!</font></div>
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<div>I want to keep my SE-R alive as long as possible, but parts are becoming scarcely available, and now finding tires is just another item to add to the list.</div>
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<div>At one point it looked like you could get a BFG G-Force Super Sport A/S in 185/60-14, but despite what any listing says, they're not actually available anywhere in that size. They do show up on Discount Tire's site in 195/60-14, but I'm skeptical of that, too. That would have been perfectly good for my wants. <br>
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I do see that Falken is available in a 195. While I am sticking with snow/non-snow tire setup for the car (though I have to deal with replacing two of the snows on it, too - plenty of choices, but an extra annoyance) getting a tire like the Falken more or less requires that I have something else for December - February. <br>
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Otherwise you're left with something like the General Altimax RT43, which seems fine for what it is...just isn't what I'd like. Boo. I just dismounted and disposed of a set of dry-rotted Dunlop D60A2s (remember those?) Good tire. The woman at the tire store remembered them, too. <br>
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<div>Yeah, its sad because that was a hugely popular tire size in the 80's and 90's. </div>
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<div>The last time I replaced my tires on my 91 SE-R I went up to 195/60-14 and went with the Falken Azenis RT615K. It throws the gearing off a little, but the larger tire looks better, and those were very sticky when they were soft. I wasn't worried about tire wear since I am barely putting 500 miles a year on my car. </div>
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<div>As those of you remaining with stock-wheeled B13s know, there ain't much for 185/60-14 tires these days, and what is available seems underwhelming. <br>
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Anything that you're particularly happy with? <br>
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I need a new set of non-snow tires for my car, and lament that I cannot use my Bridgestone RE970s - they are old but not dry-rotted, but there is a puncture in one that tire stores will not repair due to being on the outer tread. <br>
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I have thought about going to B14 wheels and 195/50-15 tires, where there is a better selection. But I wouldn't mind keeping the OE wheels. <br>
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