Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

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Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby GTR4N » Wed Jul 30, 2014 4:24 pm

Guys, what are my current in market options: brand and sizing for 14" NA8 NA6 tyres

Type of driving I do: spirited street

If you've recently installed new tyres on the stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels I'd like to hear from you the following

Brand:
Size:
Installed Date:
Price per tyre:
Available From:
Type of driving you do:
Additional Thoughts:

Apologies if there is already a topic open for people to post this...
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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby marty085 » Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:33 pm

Pretty much nothing good mate. From anywhere. Find some 15s, that's what I'm trying to do, for the same reason.

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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby Magpie » Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:23 pm

Lokiel would suggest 17" wheels.

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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby manga_blue » Wed Jul 30, 2014 8:37 pm

Kumho KU31 if you can still find them.
Dunlop ZII StarSpec from TireRack.
Yokohama S-drive.
Sumitomo HTR P01 A/S - I've had them on another car and they weren't bad at all.
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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby GTR4N » Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:39 pm

Magpie wrote:Lokiel would suggest 17" wheels.

Lol inside joke?
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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby GTR4N » Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:00 pm

So toying with the option of buying tyres from USA

It seems http://usatoaus.com/ forward ship 4 tyres for $100.

That gives us access to all that's available from http://www.tirerack.com/
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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby cookie » Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:01 am

You'll appreciate the increase in performance tyre choices with 15".

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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby M1474 » Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:56 am

Nexen CP641 195/60R14 cheap and cheerful and grip just as bad as everything else.
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Re: Tyres for stock 14

Postby Jeo » Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:24 pm

GTR4N wrote:Lol inside joke?

Pretty well. Lokiel publicly praises his 17's almost as often as we get a 'which roll bar' thread. Is somewhat know for it.

Last time I got tyres for my 14's my local tyre shop was able to track down a set or Bridgestone RE001, but I'd probably end up with the Dunlop Star specs if I had to buy tyres now.

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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby Red Dragon » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:26 pm

There are plenty of 185 60 14 on E-bay both name brands and cheapo's

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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby GTR4N » Fri Aug 01, 2014 3:37 pm

Red Dragon wrote:There are plenty of 185 60 14 on E-bay both name brands and cheapo's

Ebay was the first place I checked, as well as gumtree.

Cheapest I found were 4x 185 60 14 aoteli p307 for $120!! bargain price for brand new pink slip tyres!! But yeah I would never consider putting these on my car and actually go anywhere as they have really really really bad reviews online.

In light of Chinese tyres, I had thought about settling with goodride sp06 tyres from my local tyre shop if I got desperate, as they seem to have good review for a daily dríven tyre. Wet and dry (translation: had the "least" amount of bad reviews for a Chinese tyre lol)

$59 per corner for the goodride sp06 and goodride are supposed to be number 1 tyre manufacturer in china and 11th in the world.
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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby Red Dragon » Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:45 pm

When i looked yesterday there were Pirelli kumho Dunlop etc.
It all depends on what you require for your needs
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_saca ... ondition=3

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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby marty085 » Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:30 am

These are the right size bro, you need these:

http://tinyurl.com/me8ue3f <--eBay Link

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Re: Tyres for stock 14" NA8 NA6 wheels?

Postby GTR4N » Sat Aug 02, 2014 11:59 am

marty085 wrote:These are the right size bro, you need these:

http://tinyurl.com/me8ue3f <--eBay Link

Sickkkkkkkkkk!
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