14 inch High Performance road tyres

Rob E · Postby **Rob E** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:53 pm

It seems that less and less manufacturers are importing their high performance road tyres in 14 inch size anymore. In Japan the top shelf tyres such as Bridgestone RE01R are available in 185/60/14 however it looks like all that is available locally are the mid spec tyres.

I am very keen on a certain set of 14x7's however before proceeding just wanted to check local tyre availability....... would be keen to here what current high performance road tyres people are using in 14 inch and what they think of them.

Cheers
Rob

NB8C · Postby **NB8C** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:23 pm

thought of importing tyres by yourself???

Rob E · Postby **Rob E** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:48 pm

NB8C wrote:thought of importing tyres by yourself???

its possible but not preferable

pcmx5 · Postby **pcmx5** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:17 pm

Rob,

not at the top of the scale but Yokohama still list 185/60; 185/65; 195/60 C Drives as being available.

I use and like them .

Peter

Rob E · Postby **Rob E** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:32 pm

Thanks Peter, saw those.......of a similar performance level to the old A539?

Cheers

brenno · Postby **brenno** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:17 pm

I feel your pain. A set of RE01R's in 185/60 14 would be lovely.

What about Azenis RT615 in 195/60 14? Or do you really want to stick to the stock size?

Rob E · Postby **Rob E** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:29 pm

The RT615 could be good......the wheels i am looking at are 14x7 +19.5

StanTheMan · Postby **StanTheMan** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:42 pm

RT 615 & the A539 are hardly in the same performance catergory. :lol:

Rob E · Postby **Rob E** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:57 pm

StanTheMan wrote:RT 615 & the A539 are hardly in the same performance catergory.

Stan, the question related to C drives

RaYmO · Postby **RaYmO** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:22 pm

Toyo R888 come in 185/60R14

They may be the next set I'm getting...

Brad · Postby **Brad** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:24 pm

I've got the RT615's in 195/50/14. Good tyre for that size due to the sidewall strength but still suffer from quite a bit of roll. 15\" would be much better.

wamx5sc · Postby **wamx5sc** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:24 pm

I was running a set of 185/60-14 R888's on standard factory 14\" wheels until recently and they were great on the track, loads of grip. I have just moved up to 15\" wheels and changed to Bridgestone SE55's and they have much more grip although this could be due to the increase in size rather than compound of tyre? Either way semi-slicks make a huge difference on the track...