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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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14" stock rims - tires?

unfortunately, i own an rx-7 luxury trim and it comes with 14 inchers. what's the best tire size for this car? is 185/70/14 the only size that's available for this car?
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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 07:57 PM
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http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

although the width of the tire also depends on the width of the rim....
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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by furiousbob
unfortunately, i own an rx-7 luxury trim and it comes with 14 inchers. what's the best tire size for this car? is 185/70/14 the only size that's available for this car?

Hey do you waant the bbs rx7 15" wheels and bfgoodrich tires
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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 10:12 PM
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buy a tire/wheel combo. or get some used rims for cheap. im sure cheap used ones would be better than stock lol
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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by fc3snicko04
Hey do you waant the bbs rx7 15" wheels and bfgoodrich tires
I'd go for these, they sound like the convertible wheels which look great and only weigh 11 pounds a piece.
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by fc3snicko04
Hey do you waant the bbs rx7 15" wheels and bfgoodrich tires

pm'd
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by fc3snicko04
Hey do you waant the bbs rx7 15" wheels and bfgoodrich tires
I'm just curious, are you talking about the BBS RX-7 vert rims? If so, those are 5-lug and the thread starter has a 4-lug S4. Or are you talking about the rare 15" rims made for the GSL-SE?
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 10:17 AM
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https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=527837
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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Miata's had 14 inch stock BBS meshies.
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Bluecoop91
I'm just curious, are you talking about the BBS RX-7 vert rims? If so, those are 5-lug and the thread starter has a 4-lug S4. Or are you talking about the rare 15" rims made for the GSL-SE?

5 lugs....yeah...mine are 4. a 5 lug conversion is not in my price range right now.
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Old Apr 17, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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where can i get a good range of 14 inch tires? i've tried tirerack but they only have 4 tires!
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Old Apr 18, 2006 | 11:18 AM
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Old Apr 18, 2006 | 11:52 AM
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I just did my 5 lug conversion a couple of weeks ago.

I have my old steelies that I bought with the car... as well as my brakes/hubs/etc... if you're needing anything else when you get new tires.
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