Anyone running 175/50/13 ?

[Zeeknof]

Is anyone out there running 175/50/13's? I have 195/45/14's and was thinking of downgrading for two reasons. One: I rub under extreme cornering and two: I hate how expensive 195/45/14's are. I have a B6T so I know that getting the 13" tires won't help my hooking up issues. I just can't afford to be burning the crap out of 14" tires every time a Honda thinks he's faster then me =p I just want to see how low profile the tires look. If anyone has a picture of any car running them that would be cool. Thanks,

Shaun

[Zeeknof]

Anyone running 175/50/13 ?

Never mind. Found a pic of a car running them.

http://www.freewebs.com/zeeknof/img01.gif

[Gro Harlem]

no clue where you can get 175/50's but darpien is running 175/60 13's on his car and they dont' rub at all.

the 195/45R14's I had on that car at one point rubbed on the passenger rear if two people sat in the back but otherwise were fine.

[eye_of_ra93]

I used to roll on Nitto 175x50x13's

Nitto has a pretty tough tire, the rubber doesn't peel as bad, I could corner like crazy with em on. You just need to use the right rim so you dont rub however they handled great. I will be back to 50 series low pro tires soon myself. Kinda expensive but if you have good alignment they last. good luck

[69shelby]

I'm running 185/60-13s, no rubbing.
tire rack has them and 175/50's for $30 apiece,

[Silv3rBull3t]

What brand are the 175/50's? Anything reputable? I also have the 185/60/13's and they work great Falken Ziex's no rubbing at all... I didn't think any reputable/good traction'd tire was made in that size. -Kyle

[Zeeknof]

Sumitomo HTR 200

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?width=175/&ratio=50&diameter=13&startIndex=0&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&RunFlat=All&x=36&y=12

so this is a rare tire? I love the $39.00 price tag on them......

Shaun

[Gro Harlem]

yeah those sumi's are good. Dominick had those on his car and they seemed to grip well

falken is actually a baby company spawned by sumitomo whose their parent company.

[Zeeknof]

You think I would notice a huge difference between 195/45/14's and 175/50/13's?

I am going to be doing an aspire swap and have a chance to get some good looking 13" wheels.... I know the 195/45/14's were great for cornering. I just think they wear out too fast.

Shaun

[Silv3rBull3t]

I think you are going to find they are going to wear out even quicker due to the smaller diameter = more rotations per mile (20.9in vs. 19.9in) but then again the treadwear is usually the ultimate factor on that.. Also by switching to the 175/5013's you will have less rotating mass and smaller diameter giving you a little quicker car but less of a top speed... Also those tires are closer to stock size so your speedo might be almost dead on... Either way let us know how it goes.. -Kyle

BTW, here is the link to the Tire Calculator..

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

[GuyNoir]

I'm running 185/60-13s, no rubbing.
tire rack has them and 175/50's for $30 apiece,

I was looking at those exact tires on tire-rack.com. I'm glad to hear that you don't have any problems with rubbing, however, is your festy at stock ride height? When I did my Aspire brake swap, I found a set of 13's off of an '86 Celica GT and the tires that came on them are 185/70/R13 and they rub pretty badly, even with my stock ride height. I want to get the FMS lowering springs for my car but I don't know if a 185/60/R13 will give me enough clearance to avoid rubbing. Does anybody here run 13" wheels and have their car lowered with the FMS sport lowering springs?

[jeffdjeffd]

I'm lowered on Falken 175-60-13s with no problems now. I had the Sumi HTR200 175-50-13s for a season - they handled GREAT and are CHEAP but man, they wore out sooooooo fast - only got about 7500 miles out of them - maybe could have got 10k with more frequent rotation.

[MEXTIVA]

175/50/13

I'm running this tiresetup.
My car is lowered, But i had my springs cut i think a little over an inch.
I have no problems with this tires the grip is good, When i get tight turns.
:iroc:

[eye_of_ra93]

50 series

I believe the makers of 175x50x13's Nitto and BF Goodrich make a pretty good 50 series in the 13, Sumitomo may make a 50 too I think. My BF Goodrich's handled good but peeled quick! The Nitto's worked great and cornering was awesome, just kinda pricy. I believe its anywhere from 80-110 dollars per tire at Big-O and Discount tire. Alignment is very crucial, it's costly if you have bad alignment. Mine do not rub, even in a reverse rim. If you have bad rear shocks you may rub if you have passengers and in extreme tight turn arounds, besides that they work great and I prefer them. They can be a little bumpy though due to the low profile "you feel alot" In racing they work great. Acceleration is awesome as well as grip. I should be on 50's in a month or so again myself. 50's will fit a Festy.

[Arnie]

I had the 175/50-13 Sumitomo's. They were all right. Very small tire. fine on smooth roads but the short sidewall is pretty brutal on broken pavement. would make a very good autox tire as the grearing makes for very snappy acceleration. I wish they still made the Yokohama A008s in 175/70-12. those were so awesome.