Tyres Michelin R14 185

[Mike J]

Need some new rear tyres . Have been told Michelin 14 185s are extinct .Unless I pay £170.00 each. Can this be true?

Falcons have been mentioned. are these any good. ? Sad I always liked my Michelins.

Or switch to 15" but dont like Minilites.

Mike

[NickA]

Camskill has 185/70R14 88H TL Michelin Energy Saver+ @ £57.25 http://www.camskill.co.uk/

[Escape]

Hankook also does a good and affordable 185/80R14.

[DJT]

Some wise owls were saying recently how good Kumho Solus tyres are: http://socforum.com/forum/showthread...ighlight=Kumho

[Paul Kelley]

Hi Mike

I recently fitted Vredestein Sprint Classics size 185/80/14 at around £80 each - and I know a few others on the Forum have them. It's a bit too early for me to say much more than they go round and round (and don't vibrate like the old flat-spotted ones I replaced) but they come with a good reputation.

Paul K

[HersnotHis]

I am also looking at new tyres but am I must say somewhat confused by the advice given on this and several other similar threads thrown up by search.

The sizes recommended (185/70min to 185/80max) to give a variation of around 6cm in rolling diameter.

My current tyres are 195/70/R14 ( in the middle wrt rolling diameter) and look great.

Via search I have also come across other recommendations including 205/70/R14.

There must be a guru somewhere in the SOC who can give chapter and verse on the suitability and plusses and minusses of these different user recommended tyre size options?

[KOY 23]

I think it's been done many times before, try searching.

[HersnotHis]

I think it's been done many times before, try searching.

Please read the first line of my post particularly the last word. I have done several searches on this subject and as I said (Highlighted in 4th line of post) I get just as if not more confusing suggestions as in this thread.

[Kevin Garrod]

I think if you asked 100 gurus you'd get 100 different answers.

[KOY 23]

Please read the first line of my thread particularly the last word. I have done several searches on this subject and as I said (Highlighted in 4th line of post) I get just as if not more confusing suggestions as in this thread.

I think you need to search deeper.

[HersnotHis]

I think you need to search deeper.

How???

[milothedog]

Dear Her's 185/70s work for me, on my second set now, they make the car sit a little lower but work for me

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[HersnotHis]

I think if you asked 100 gurus you'd get 100 different answers.

OK should not have said gurus! But I thought the SOC was one of the biggest CC owners clubs? I would have thought that there would be a tyre size choice info sheet somewhere on their archives.

[HersnotHis]

Dear Her's 185/70s work for me, on my second set now, they make the car sit a little lower but work for me

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Hi Milo

Nice Stag but IMHO (perhaps in comparison to mine) tyres look too small. Like the white walls however whose 185/70's are they?

[milothedog]

You told us what a clever boy you were once so try this

http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_size_calculators.html

My tyres are Uniroyal Tigers paw

Just to add and to back up what Kevin said, the last Stags had 175/80s fitted as OEM