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  • #16
    You can get them True'd and SIPE'D if you want it to shed water better. Less Rubber but great water traction. Most commercial tire dealers have a Siping machine.
    Some people like to read fiction,I prefer to read repair manuals. Weird I know-
    Henry Ford: "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
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    • #17
      It does look like 13 or 14 tires are available too. My luck finding wheels..groan..I would almost rather buy winter steelies for a Hyundai and put hub caps on.
      Those Achilles with the AA traction, that is sweet!
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      • #18
        The Key to + sizing a Festy with the 1.3L is the Weight & OD. They aren't forgiving,they'll constantly remind you you crossed the line.
        Some people like to read fiction,I prefer to read repair manuals. Weird I know-
        Henry Ford: "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
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        • #19
          Gidday Movin! I'm surprised you haven't swapped over to Aspire/Rio brakes. I did this mostly to escape from the captive front rotor racket of Festys and to insure I could always find tires. Twelves are getting rather rare and none of the ones I ever managed to find were premium grade. Driving cars that shake like crazy at 60 no matter what you do is a PITA. Once the Aspire fixins were on I got hold of a set of early Rio alloy rims and then found clearance bin Finnish Nokian tires that had a diameter only 3/4 inch larger than 145/12. These were made for French Peugeot cars and size was 155/65-14. Man what a wonderful difference.

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          • #20
            Gidday Movin! I'm surprised you haven't swapped over to Aspire/Rio brakes. I did this mostly to escape from the captive front rotor racket of Festys and to insure I could always find tires. Twelves are getting rather rare and none of the ones I ever managed to find were premium grade. Driving cars that shake like crazy at 60 no matter what you do is a PITA. Once the Aspire fixins were on I got hold of a set of early Rio alloy rims and then found clearance bin Finnish Nokian tires that had a diameter only 3/4 inch larger than 145/12. These were made for French Peugeot cars and size was 155/65-14. Man what a wonderful difference.

            Howdy ! All mine are still running stock hubs. There seems to be plenty of wrecking yard rims with the 4 1/2 inch bolt pattern . The offset is usually off a little because of wider tires. Some have a weird lug hole. Some even have smaller pilot holes. A lot of them look like something I don't want on my car. The car in my sig was so easy! I walked into the yard, those were in the wheel rack. They look sweet, are 13's and fit like a good glove!

            Maybe I should see if the 4 x 100 would get me some rims I can put up with. I really have not had a motivating incident to make the change. I have an on the car brake lathe so even brake jobs are fast and easy.
            Last edited by Movin; 06-24-2015, 10:12 AM.
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            • #21
              Originally posted by nitrofarm View Post
              The Key to + sizing a Festy with the 1.3L is the Weight & OD. They aren't forgiving,they'll constantly remind you you crossed the line.
              Hmm...I tow too, sometimes things bigger than the car.
              Last edited by Movin; 06-24-2015, 10:07 AM.
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