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[duner]

just curious if anyone has ever used these tires? specifically 175/60/r13.

or does anyone have any suggestions for a good 13" that isnt more than $75 per tire(just spent $1000 on the pic below and am trying not to spend that much in rubber )



*edit, boy i sound smart..."anyone ever this tire?" hahahaha

Edited by duner, 23 February 2006 - 04:50 PM.

[breadvan]

DAMN MAN,YOU BOUGHT THEM FOR A 1K . Wish i had money to play with like that. anyways, try the tirerack.com. they have a reasonably priced sumitomo htrs for like $50 or so. they have em in that size and i believe 215/50/13

[calmoc9]

i think my htr's were 35 a piece


scott

[duner]

DAMN MAN,YOU BOUGHT THEM FOR A 1K  . Wish i had money to play with like that. anyways, try the tirerack.com. they have a reasonably priced sumitomo htrs for like $50 or so. they have em in that size and i believe 215/50/13 

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but these wheels are only 5.5" wide...i REALLY doubt that 215's would fit. what is the widest i could/can go? 185?

i tried tire rack, but what i dont like is you have to specify a width aspect ratio and diameter. other sites you can search just by diameter. i fund these falkon's at www.tiresavings.com

i wouldnt say that i had 1k to play with, but i got a nice tax return and splurged because i doubt i will ever come across ones this nice EVER again

[breadvan]

these were the prices for the htrs:

185/60/13 $35 each
195/60/13 $39 each
215/50/13 $49 each

these were on tirerack.com, HTH

[breadvan]

DAMN MAN,YOU BOUGHT THEM FOR A 1K  . Wish i had money to play with like that. anyways, try the tirerack.com. they have a reasonably priced sumitomo htrs for like $50 or so. they have em in that size and i believe 215/50/13 

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but these wheels are only 5.5" wide...i REALLY doubt that 215's would fit. what is the widest i could/can go? 185?

i tried tire rack, but what i dont like is you have to specify a width aspect ratio and diameter. other sites you can search just by diameter. i fund these falkon's at www.tiresavings.com

i wouldnt say that i had 1k to play with, but i got a nice tax return and splurged because i doubt i will ever come across ones this nice EVER again

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185 would be a perfect and reasonable fit,IMO. BTW, your a lucky bastard, i love those wheels

[ChrisF-dude]

You can get various 13" sizes for street or race on tirerack, tires.com, and others. Even though they are light mugen rims, I would never use those at the track for fear of damaging them. Get some good 13" street tires, with rim protecting sidewalls, and some VX, or 85Si rims for competition. Rims that are replacable. I like the look of my BFG tires with white letters, however 80s they are.



Edit- Sears and tires.com both had Falken Ziex 512s starting in the 40s price wise. The Sears ones were a sale, the tires.com normal price.

Edited by ChrisF-dude, 23 February 2006 - 05:52 PM.

[duner]

You can get various 13" sizes for street or race on tirerack, tires.com, and others. Even though they are light mugen rims, I would never use those at the track for fear of damaging them. Get some good 13" street tires, with rim protecting sidewalls, and some VX, or 85Si rims for competition. Rims that are replacable. I like the look of my BFG tires with white letters, however 80s they are.

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yeah, i will NEVER race these....i grant the right to all of you to bitch slap me if i ever do!

thanks for all the replies.

basically i want some good performance for summer only, that wont break the bank.

in case it has been over looked above...how wide can i go on these 5.5" rims?

Edited by duner, 23 February 2006 - 05:55 PM.

[breadvan]

a pic of the tread . i had these and they had pretty decent grip.

[nature223]

we put a set of those on the front of my G/F's hyndai before it's tranny took a shit...a little noisy,but STUCK EXCEEDINGLY well for such a cheap tire...
get em and dont look back,best bang for the buck yet..
soon as I get ahead monetairilly...Im buying a set for my crx...

[87Si]

I had these tires on my CRX and now I have them on my new car as well. I had 15" rota slipstreams on the rex. They are (IMO) great tires for the price, but I unfortunately don't have much to compare them to. I did autocross with these tires and they stuck to the road very well. They also do very well in the rain. I will continue to buy them as long as they make them. All around great tire.

Good bang for the buck!

[duner]

I had these tires on my CRX and now I have them on my new car as well.  I had 15" rota slipstreams on the rex.  They are (IMO) great tires for the price, but I unfortunately don't have much to compare them to.  I did autocross with these tires and they stuck to the road very well.  They also do very well in the rain.  I will continue to buy them as long as they make them.  All around great tire.

Good bang for the buck!

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the falkens or the sumitomo's?

[mep]

In case you aren't sold yet.. the HTR 200s are unbeatable for the money & range of 13" sizes.

I had a set of Falken ZE 512s in 225/40-16 & I was disappointed with them... poor dry grip, molded extremely narrow(205/45-16 Paradas were wider), & they have a huge rim protector flange that is downright ugly in my opinion. The only thing I would praise them on is wet grip & ride comfort.

Also try onlinetires.com for a couple of other cheap options in 185/60-13.

[Xipher]

but these wheels are only 5.5" wide...i REALLY doubt that 215's would fit. what is the widest i could/can go? 185?

i tried tire rack, but what i dont like is you have to specify a width aspect ratio and diameter. other sites you can search just by diameter. i fund these falkon's at www.tiresavings.com

i wouldnt say that i had 1k to play with, but i got a nice tax return and splurged because i doubt i will ever come across ones this nice EVER again

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Running 185/70/13 on 5in wide VX rims, was going to put on 195/205's but had to keep the final price around 200$ ( 203$ total ). The tires I just got cost 33$ a piece.

[B@T "El Argentino"]

I know "squareback" used those Sumitomo HTR200 215/50/13 on stock 5.5" wide stealies.
I think that the Falkens are grippy but never tried the Sumitomos.