"MM54" (mm54mk2)
05/23/2018 at 19:09 • Filed to: FB rx7
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The tires (“Solar 4XS”) on the RX7, while round and made of some sort of rubber, are awful. Outside of r-comps, nobody seems to make decent 13" rubber. The sidewall is floppier than half-set Jello and the grip is on par with wood.
I had been planning on picking up a set of Federal SS595 in 205/60R13 this spring, but infuriatingly at some point between a couple months ago and now they seem to have fallen off the face of the planet, and nobody has them. They have the 185/60R13, but that is too small (as in overall height, factory is 185/70R13). Vredenstein makes something, but it’s pricey for the size and would look way out of place on a car from 1985 (they look like they belong in 1965).
Am I screwed? This car is my summer daily so I’m not putting R888s on it or any of the other track tires that exist in 205/60R13. I cannot describe how much I like the factory “+” wheels, plus I don’t really want to drop a grand on 15" wheels and tires, though there are options there that look good, too.
Photo: Sgt_Fox on RX7Club
Any ideas? I’m to the point that I’m missing autocrosses I had intended to make it to due to the laughably bad tires on the car, and generally getting frustrated with their mushiness.
lone_liberal
> MM54
05/23/2018 at 19:31 |
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BFGs with the letters turned in?
https://www.cokertire.com/p205-60r13-bf-goodrich-t-a-rwl.html
Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition
> MM54
05/23/2018 at 19:31 |
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It is the exact reason I am going to 15’s on my Civic. There are no good tiresfor 13s now. Up until a few years ago you could get decent Kumhos, but that was about it.
I just hope my car doesn’t look like it has wagon wheels afterwards.
My citroen won't start
> MM54
05/23/2018 at 19:38 |
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MM54
> My citroen won't start
05/23/2018 at 19:56 |
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From the second paragraph:
“Vredenstein makes something, but it’s pricey for the size and would look way out of place on a car from 1985 (they look like they belong in 1965).”
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MM54
> Junkrat aka Rick Sanchez: Fury Road Edition
05/23/2018 at 19:57 |
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I know what you mean. A while ago Yokohama announced they were re-releasing the Advan but I’ve yet to see them in the US and don’t really expect to going forward, either.
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MM54
> lone_liberal
05/23/2018 at 19:57 |
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I have BFG T/As on the Chevelle. A sporty tire they are not. Very good looking, though.
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My citroen won't start
> MM54
05/23/2018 at 20:01 |
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Oops, missed that, sorry.
sony1492
> MM54
05/23/2018 at 20:07 |
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The 15's will happen sooner or later.
AestheticsInMotion
> MM54
05/23/2018 at 20:37 |
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Look for 15's with tires on Craigslist? It sucks but that’s where the tire options really start to open up.
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MM54
> AestheticsInMotion
05/23/2018 at 20:56 |
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Yes, I’m sure craigslist is full of 15x7 wheels with a +20 offset drilled in 4x110mm
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MM54
> sony1492
05/23/2018 at 20:56 |
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Not if I can help it. I’ll probably end up not doing it for so long that the wheels will be NLA just like all the tires I want.
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sony1492
> MM54
05/23/2018 at 21:00 |
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Well it’s clear there are no viable options, just expensive track tires and meh all seasons.
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AestheticsInMotion
> MM54
05/23/2018 at 21:03 |
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Rats. I didn’t realize those had a somewhat uncommon bolt pattern
Probably no better from your perspective, but I do know a few miata guys who still seem able to find good rubber in 14"
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> MM54
05/23/2018 at 21:25 |
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If the larger wheels from a GSL would fit that would be my go to, maybe a 14” wheel but you could get a 60 series tire and keep the same outside diameter and have a cool OEM wheel.
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MM54
> AestheticsInMotion
05/23/2018 at 22:02 |
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If I buy something it’ll be 15" - figure $800 for wheels and good tires, which isn’t bad at all but it doesn’t change the fact that I don’t
want
different wheels.
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MM54
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
05/23/2018 at 22:03 |
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GSL had the same wheel options; the GSL-SE had 14" wheels but with a different (more common) bolt pattern; in any case they’re still a different wheel, which I don’t want. I like my +s