14" tires

[Jay P]

If you can find them the BFG G-Force Super Sports are really good. My daily driver is a 2000 Corolla that still has 14s. I'm on my second set of the BFGs and have been happy with them. I also had them on my SE-R before I had to put it in storage :(It is getting damn near impossible to find good 14s though. Upgrading to 15s or 16s might be the easiest thing to do.


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  On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 13:56, David Pertuz<d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:   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. 

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. 

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. 

David

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Jaret Rapp <jaretr1 at aol.com> wrote:

Yeah, its sad because that was a hugely popular tire size in the 80's and 90's.    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.    -----Original Message-----
From: David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com>
To: se-r <se-r at se-r-list.org>
Sent: Tue, Jan 10, 2017 3:40 pm
Subject: 14" tires

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. 

Anything that you're particularly happy with? 

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. 

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. 

David
Chicago
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