While we are on the subject, I was going to go with 14x6 wheels on my
Alpine. I was told by an Alpine lister that 185/70/14 is the tire size he
runs, but I see a lot of people saying they run 185/70/13. I would think
I'd need a lower profile tire for a 14" wheel, like a 60 series, to make it
work without tire rub up front?
That being said, I am leaning more toward a 15" minilite style wheel from
perhaps Panasport or Superlite (other brand recommendations gladly
accepted). What 15" wheel size(15 x 5.5 or 15 x 6 ?), offset, and tire size
would be the best?
Anybody out there with 14" or 15" for sale?
Thanks
Tim Beloney
VAR Development Manager
Wyse Technology
tbeloney@wyse.com <mailto:tbeloney@wyse.com>
510.749.9432 (phone)
510.714.2067 (cell/pgr)
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Palmer [mailto:rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 8:50 PM
To: SHEAHAN@prodigy.com; tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Tires
Paul, et Listers,
I just took a look at these tires on their Web site and they
seem to be a
good choice given the limited selection available for 13"
diameter rims;
i.e., almost nil. I'm confused by their statement about the
UTQG of 160AA
(oem) and 260AA (others). The lower the mileage number the
stickier the
tire. My Yokohamas (AVS Intemediate) also have a UTQG of
160AA. The last
set lasted about two years of occasionally hard use and a
total of about
25-30k highway miles which is about as much wear as I'd want
them to have.
And their price for the 205/50-15 size is $130/ea versus
$49/ea for the
RE92's. I have driven the Bridgestone Expedias on my Tiger
and I was very
impressed with their crisp response compared with the AVS's.
I don't know
if this relates at all to the RE92's, but maybe it shows
that at least
Bridgestone is capable of building good tires.
If you ever decide to get new rims, I recommend going to 15"
diameter, both
for better handling and, perhaps most important, better
selection of high
performance types. Better yet would be 16" diameter, but
this starts to
look a little out of proportion on a Tiger (IMHO of course).
Also, the 50
series on 15" diameter is about the same overall diameter as
your 13" rims
and tires.
Let us know what you think to the new tires if you decide to
get them. One
thing for sure, they will be a lot better in the rain than
the 008's
Happy New Year,
Bob
At 09:07 PM 12/30/98 -0500, MR PAUL R SHEAHAN wrote:
>Hello All,
> I am still searching for tires. Tire Rack recommends
>Bridgestone Potenza RE92's. They aren't A008R's but such
is life. I
>want to stay with my 185 70 13 size so this is what they
recommend.
> Has anyone had any experience with these tires or this
brand.
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Paul R. Sheahan
Robert L. Palmer
Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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