good 14" tires hard to find

[Ivan Chou]

I've had the Falken Ziex ZE-512 before on a G20, those were decent and I got
those from Vulcan Tire.  They have it for $58 in the 185/60R14 size (before
shipping costs).  Actually Vulcan Tire's site shows a decent selection of
14s.  http://www.vulcantire.com/

There's also a Sumitomo HTR for $59 in the high-performance all-season
category:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Sumitomo&tireModel=HTR+A%2FS+P01+%28H%26V%29


On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Larry Martin <bizznzman at yahoo.com> wrote:

> My go-to the past couple of times was the Bridgestone 950/960's but I see
> tirerack no longer has them in 14 as you point out about others.  I have had
> a couple of good things said to me by others about the General Altimax HP
> and I know those folks got the 14's.  Depends on your usage but they seem to
> have tested well with good customer feedback at tirerack. YMMV
>
> Larry
>
> --- On *Fri, 10/7/11, Khiem Dinh <spdracerut at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Khiem Dinh <spdracerut at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: good 14" tires hard to find
> To: "Jason Puckett" <dbax_fan at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "se-r at se-r-list.org" <se-r at se-r-list.org>
> Date: Friday, October 7, 2011, 3:08 PM
>
>
> Michelin Pilots Exaltos are pretty much a sure bet.
>
> You can research them on tirerack.com; tirerack has a very good survey and
> testing system.
>
> -Khiem
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Jason Puckett <dbax_fan at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=dbax_fan@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
>  It's time for new tires to replace the second set of Yoko AVS ES100s for
> my (non-SE-R) car and I'm discovering that it's hard to find reasonably
> priced GOOD tires in 14 inches now, there just aren't many choices anymore.
> I guess 14 inch wheels are *so* 1990s and no new cars come with them anymore
> (I'm glad I have 15's on my SE-R!  I got the ES100s for something like $85 a
> tire a couple of years ago.
>
> I've narrowed it down to:
> BFG g-force super sport a/s for $88 each
> Falken Ziex ZE-512 for $69 each
> Michelin Pilot Exalto a/s for $101 each
> *maybe* the Falken Azenis for $100 each but with a 200 treadwear rating can
> I expect more than 15K miles out of them?
>
> Has anyone had any good/bad experience with any of these?  I tend to drive
> somewhat aggressively and don't mind noise/rough ride.  I want good
> traction, safe wet handling and hopefully at least 20K miles out of the
> tires.
>
> I miss the days of the awesome Yoko A509s that I had or the sticky Dunlops
> that all cost me $70 to $90.  I looked at the Dunlop Direzza but they're
> $126 each and that's just too high for me.  I'm wondering if in a couple of
> years I'll even be able to find ANY 14 inch tires when I need to replace the
> next set.
>
> Thanks for any input from the good ol' SE-R list!
>
> Jason Puckett
> '93 Ruby Pearl SE-R (weekend fun car)
> '00 Toyota Corolla (daily commuter)
>
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