14" tires

[David Pertuz]

Unfirtunately, per BFG they are unavailable in 185/60-14 and 195/60-14 any
more. :/


On Wednesday, January 11, 2017, Jay P <dbax_fan at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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 <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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