New tires and Speedy wheels?

[OMY005]

The time has come after 5 years of ownership that I need to replace my tires. Is there any good high performance 185/50/R14's available that people could recommend?

My alternative is to change to 15". I thinking of these new Speedy (black) ones below. They weigh 7kg/15.4lb and are $129 each, I haven't seen one in the flesh yet, there available in late June. I'm thinking about putting 205/50 Kumho KU36's on them. Is a 205 width tire OK on a 6.5" rim?

Any opinions?

Are they too heavy?

Andrew.

[Jeo]

Bridgestone RE001 are available in 185/60/14
They have mixed wet reviews but I'm very happy with mine.

[broady]

Try the Dunlop Star Spec

[JBT]

Is a 205 width tire OK on a 6.5" rim?

Any opinions?

Are they too heavy?

Wheels look great Andrew. 205 works fine on 6.5" rim.

[project.r.racing]

205 on 6.5 is ok.

have you looked at 15x7 rims at all? but you'll pay $70 more per rim.

what colour car?

[OMY005]

have you looked at 15x7 rims at all? but you'll pay $70 more per rim.

what colour car?

I haven't seen any 15X7's that I like (except 6UL's = $$$).

My car is white.

Andrew.

[Regie]

good looking rims there!

look similar to the 6UL wheels

http://www.mx5centre.com.au/index.php?m ... h=80_81_87

[project.r.racing]

I haven't seen any 15X7's that I like (except 6UL's = $$$).

$129 per rim for these is very cheap. Good price.

I'd go the gunmetal option in the provided pics.

Or the 6UL in 15x7 will cost you an extra $280 for the set. Too much?

[Steampunk]

Go bigger wheels for bigger tyres Andrew, you won't look back.

I have Watanabe 15x6.5 with Kumho Ecsta XS KU36 in 205/50 R15.
You can have a drive in mine to get an idea of how good these are. Since you do so little km's, the tyres will last you a loooong time.

I have Kumho Ecsta SPT KU31 in 195/50 R15 on 15x6.5 on the Festiva and they are also an awesome tyre @ $70 each!

If you're thinking of going down the 6UL route, Kain has a white NA6 with silver 15x7 and TCR has a white NA8 with the charcoal colour in 15x8

heres TCR's

http://mx5cartalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=40183&start=15

[Kain]

I've got the 15x8's as well. Never say no to some extra width (although it probably pushes the budget out a bit too much for you OMY005)

Mine's here: viewtopic.php?p=521870#p521870