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 Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:48 am Post subject: P185/80R13 Tires |
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A e-mail I received from Patrick Wilson regarding 13 inch tires:
| Quote: | One useful note… P185/80R13 automotive tires are going out of production. They will be available, from now on, as a trailer tire - but not automotive. As of last week Canadian Tire had 20 left in stock at $46.00 each. After that its Coker tire at $212.00 each! I bought four to put away till next year.
If your tires are getting close to ten years old it’s probably wise to replace them. I just bought a used Mercedes and was surprised to find a warning in the drivers handbook about not operating the car with tires that are over 6 years old! |
All the best,
Patrick
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Brett Wilkie
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My Anglia will be running 13 inch rims, where is a good place to get reasonable 13 inch performance tires??
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Hi Brett,
Back a couple years ago I did some research on 13in performance tires but could only find good one's in Europe so I decided on upgrading to 14in. After my 14in upgrade I noticed that they are starting to limit that wheel size as well so my suggestion would be to find what you want and double the order so to speak.
I wish there was a good 13in tire option out there when I looked because I have a nice set of LoCort wheels that need a set.
Good luck, let me know what you find.
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Brett Wilkie
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I know what you mean about the 13 inch rims, I am now on the lookout for some 14 inch rims as there are still okay tires for them out there. I think Miatas run 14 inch stock?
I wonder how costly it would be to bring tires over from Europe?
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| Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:23 am Post subject: |
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I just bought 10 Bridgestone 185/70R13 Potenza RE740's
from tires-easy.com for $56 + shipping.
13's & 14's are going away,so you need to buy them when
you find them.Just be sure that the tire (date) code is fairly cur-
rent.
I think that you'll still be able to buy 13" tires for quite a while,
but the high-performance ones are going away.Another part of my
Childhood gone.....
- Doug
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Brett Wilkie
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The rims I currently have are the Capri Rostyle so I though that if I am replacing them I might as well try to get some 14 inch Minilite/Panasport style wheels, I would even use steel rims if the offset is good. These with 185/55/14 tires would keep the rolling radius down. There is still a variaty of 14 inch out there. Now to find the rims at a reasonable price?
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Brett,
I decided on the 14in Panasports because there were more options for hi-por tires being available than 13in but yes they will eventually go away until some off shore tire company will again produce them. I believe Sumitomo tires from the Tire Rack have them still.
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Brett,
I decided on the 14in Panasports because there were more options for hi-por tires being available than 13in but yes they will eventually go away until some off shore tire company will again produce them. I believe Sumitomo tires from the Tire Rack have them still.
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Brett,
I decided on the 14in Panasports because there were more options for hi-por tires being available than 13in but yes they will eventually go away until some off shore tire company will again produce them. I believe Sumitomo tires from the Tire Rack have them still.
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Brett Wilkie
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| Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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That's a good tip, I was looking at Tire Rack today and saw a few tires in the 14 inch range that would work.
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canadianmk3
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I always had a feeling the 13 inch tires would be heading out, which is why my Mk3 has 16 inch rims/tires 
As for the age, its illegal to have tires more than 6 years old (atleast in BC) |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:05 am Post subject: |
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Wow! Sorry about the triple smartphone post....don't know how that happened.
What 16in wheels are you running?
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| canadianmk3 wrote: | I always had a feeling the 13 inch tires would be heading out, which is why my Mk3 has 16 inch rims/tires
As for the age, its illegal to have tires more than 6 years old (atleast in BC) |
I have thought about going from 13 to 14 or even 15 inch, but at 15 I would have to use a 50 series or lower tire to keep a simular rolling radius. The rims available will help me determine this.
Here is a good web tool for tire size calculations and it gives you a visual appearance as well other useful info.
http://www.kouki.co.uk/utilities/visual-tyre-size-calculator
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| Ive got 225/50 R16s. Im pretty sure thats the biggest I can fit in there |
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Brett Wilkie
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Unfortunately my little 100e Anglia will be limited to 5.5 inch wide rims on the front and 6 to 6.5 on the rear. That is certanly enough rubber for a car it's size and I probably won't do any track time with it anyway.
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