good 14" tires hard to find

[Larry Martin]

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> 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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