Mal, A good option here (and possibly there) is an OEM set of Miata wheels.
They shouldn't be very expensive and they are generally reasonable in
weight
too.
Chris
99BBB
"Mal Osborne" <mal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Not a lot of options. Anything wider on a 14" rim is rare in the USA,
> almost unknown here in Australia. Going to a 15" is a possibility, but
> most aftermarket wheels are either heavy, weak, poorly balanced or real
> expensive. I don't want ot put on a set of cheapy Chinese wheels made
by
> slave laborers out of recycled coke cans, and I don't want to pay a
> fortune for new tyres.
>
>
> "Chris D'Agnolo" <cdagnolo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> I'd only say 'never heard of them' on the C drives!? But aren't you
going
>> to be off just a bit with that size? Isn't 185 / 60 / 14 standard?
Maybe
>> that's not a concern to you, I don't think it would bother me but I do
>> prefer wider to narrower generally!
>>
>> Chris
>> 99BBB
>>
>> "Mal Osborne" <mal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:13tsd2jkip6b007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>> "Mal Osborne" <mal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:13tp63rgdb6cp16@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Need to replace tyres on my 94, currently with standard 14x6 rims,
>>>> fitted with standard 185/60R14s. I would like a set of reasonable
>>>> street performance tyres, but I can't find a single manufacturer who
>>>> lists 195/55R14 at all! I am in Australia, but most major brands
>>>> distribute the same range all over the world.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> OK, I have abandoned the idea of 195/55R14's, probably getting a set
of
>>> Yokohama Cdrives, 185/55R14s. I have them on my VY Wagon, been
fairly
>>> impress so far. (For the Americans this is kinda like a 2003 Pontiac
>>> GTO station wagon with a 3.8L Buick V6)
>>>
>>> Anyone running Cdrives care to comment?
>>>
>>
>>
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