Best tyres for 14" NA wheels

[Nick3]

Greetings.

Could anyone please advise of any brands/models of good tyres, for street use, for the 14" NA wheels ?

I've read previous forum discussions, and Australian and overseas tyre reviews, but they mostly concentrate on 15", and larger, wheels.

Recommended tyres are frequently not available in 14" sizes.

I have access to 15" wheels, but would like to retain my standard 14" daisies.

Thanks in advance.

[project.r.racing]

The best tyre would be whatever you can get. Don't be picky, as there isn't much available in the size you want. Almost zero.

[Nick3]

That's what I was afraid of. Hope someone can advise they have found something of quality, that works well.

[3gress]

Falken Azenis RT615K+ 195/60/14 are imported in small batches throughout the year.
I ordered mine through the local Lismore tyrepower and received them within a couple of days.
Awesome grippy tyre for spirited driving, can handle wet roads though more suited to dry.
Road noise is less than I anticipated.
Treadwear rating is 200.
Would happily recommend them.

[93_Clubman]

thx 3gress useful to know - how much a corner?
Nick, apart from those & one or two very high end tyres, the few others around were very much economy tyres, with nothing in the middle ground.

[apsilon]

The lack of options is why I decided to go to a 15" wheel. Still have the 14" ones so I can go back to stock but for a street performance tyre there's a lot more options in 1%"

[3gress]

thx 3gress useful to know - how much a corner?
Nick, apart from those & one or two very high end tyres, the few others around were very much economy tyres, with nothing in the middle ground.

I paid $720 for all four fitted and balanced.

[Wolfgang]

I recently had Bridgestone Turanza T001 fitted to my NA, was pretty much my only option at the time. $530 including alignment.

[Nick3]

Thank You all for your input. Any other recommendations will be gratefully received. Regards.

[StanTheMan]

Tyres are a very subjective thing.

But I concur the azenis is a good tyre. But I never had them in the 14"version

[RS2000]

Bridgestone show 4 tyres from basic to full semi slick in standard NA size 185/60 x14

[93_Clubman]

Middle two options are Turanza T001 & Bridgestone RE71. Turamza is a touring tyre while RE71 is the option just before a semi slick. I bought RE71 in 1997 for my old NA6 - they were excellent, but cost $175 a corner back then in the ACT.

[3gress]

The Bridgestone RE71 had a 4 month lead time and were made to order when I checked mid last year.
Falken offer the ziex ZE912 in 195/65/14. The overall diameter is 612mm which is beefier than the RT615K+ at 590mm overall diameter but then chunky sidewalls look the biz in my opinion!

[lonesailor]

When I bought my NA8 it had a new set of "Aeolus Precision Ace" fitted - they were presumably the cheapest option available. I was surprised at how well they handled, but that may well have been the car being much better than I was used to. I did notice on a couple of my adventures onto the track that when they did let go the gave little warning, and resulted in spins fortunately without any damage , they are also a bit noisy. They are coming to the end of their life now and will need replacing in the next 5000 Ks or so and I will probably bite the bullet and try to buy a set of NB wheels and some higher end tyres, but if anybody can come up with a decent 14" tyre I would prefer that.

[bruce]

I must admit I read tyre sidewalls when out and about. I love seeing the weird Asian brands with highly creative/nonsensical names.