good 14" tires hard to find

[Jason Puckett]

Lots of good responses, thanks guys, I knew I could count on the list.
I already checked the reviews on Tirerack and Discount's sites but like I've seen here it's still hard to decide what's good ("Pilot Exaltos are a sure bet / they felt very 'greasy'")  
Gotta check out Vulcan Tires too, hadn't looked at that one.  Maybe it's time to give in and upgrade the rims to 15s or 16s...or maybe put the B14 15" wheels from my SE-R on the Corolla and get new rims for the SE-R  :-)

Jason Puckett
'93 Ruby Pearl SE-R (weekend fun car)
'00 Toyota Corolla (daily commuter)





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>From: Matt McCrary <mattmccrary at gmail.com>
>To: "jaretr1 at aol.com" <jaretr1 at aol.com>
>Cc: Jason Puckett <dbax_fan at yahoo.com>; se-r list <se-r at se-r-list.org>
>Sent: Friday, October 7, 2011 5:32 PM
>Subject: Re: good 14" tires hard to find
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>I bought the pilot exalto's for my SE-R back before my AD22 brake upgrade, they felt very "greasy"... that was really the only word i could find to describe them. I did not like the tires at all. 
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>matt mccrary
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>On Oct 7, 2011, at 20:24, "jaretr1 at aol.com" <jaretr1 at aol.com> wrote:
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>I put the Fallen Azenis on my SE-R in 195 60 14.   They ride as nice as any tire I have had on there, but they stick very very well.   They are soft and are a racing tire, and I don't use the car enough to comment on mileage.   But for a super sticky roadworthy tire, I give them a thumbs up.
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>>From: "Jason Puckett" <dbax_fan at yahoo.com>
>>To: "se-r at se-r-list.org" <se-r at se-r-list.org>
>>Subject: good 14" tires hard to find
>>Date: Fri, Oct 7, 2011 3:40 pm
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>>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.
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>>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?
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>Thanks for any input from the good ol' SE-R list!
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>>Jason Puckett
>>'93 Ruby Pearl SE-R (weekend fun car)
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>>'00 Toyota Corolla (daily commuter)
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