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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 12:09 AM
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Anyone on 13" Panasports?

You occasionally see the 15"s around, but what about the 13"s. I'm having a hard time picturing if they'd look good or not.
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 07:22 AM
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I do not have them, but I will some day.... and they will be the 13" ones... They look AWESUM in the 13" on our cars...
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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Um, good luck finding performance tires.

I have a perfectly good set of DR 13s, but they gather dust as the only tires that fit on them are Hoosers.
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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zyrano's car looks badass on 13x7's pana's... mr peepers looked weird, but my car is all black and not as low...

13" tires are easy, kumho...
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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Finding 13" performance tires are very easy, its finding 13" street tires that are hard. Hoosier makes several good 13" tire choices. They aren't tires you'd want to drive down the roads 6 months out of the year though.

Any pics yet guys?
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 01:30 PM
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Tire selection is not all that bad, you can get great tires, just not great a selection. I've been using the Sumitomo HTR for years now. Great tire, dirt cheap. I can kill Miatas on Hoosiers with these things, just gotta put enough air in them to make them happy.

I don't have the Panasports, but always loved them. Instead, I've got 13x8 Revolution wheels that I picked up from Trochoid last spring. The 215/50 Sumis are a great fit for them (although I ran the same size on the stock + style rims). Very happy with them, and man are they light!



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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 07:58 PM
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Here is my car with 13x7 Panasports



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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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I have the same wheels as mustanghammer I'm running 20x9.5-13 Goodyear cantalivered slicks.
I am using 15" wheels w/Kumho MX's for street/ rain tires.
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Originally Posted by Super82
Finding 13" performance tires are very easy, its finding 13" street tires that are hard. Hoosier makes several good 13" tire choices. They aren't tires you'd want to drive down the roads 6 months out of the year though.

Any pics yet guys?
Performance tires, not race tires. This is one reason I bought 17s, just to have more tire choices for street driving.
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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tirerack.com has Sumitomo HTR 200 in 13". that's what i'm running on widened rx4 wheels.
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