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What brand tyres are available for 175/50x13 , whats the cheapest brand?

I think Sime are about the cheapest brand available in 13's for a mini..

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is there any problem with putting 175/60x13 tyres on? these are approx 35mm larger in diameter.
Alot easier to find too

I'm running 165/70R12's at the moment and they are 550mm in diameter..But they require you to raise the car alot..like 2" and grind the rear trailing arm. Turning circle is greatly reduced..probably by half. I used them as track tires as they were a race compound.

So your tires would be about 235mm, so they would fit, but i would go for the Sime's at under ~$100 or the Yoko's if you wanted some grip for ~$150..limit yourself to 500mm..

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Thanks mini mad , i havnt priced up the simes yet but i didnt relise they were that cheap.
was just thinking about the 175 60's as could get these used with good trend @ about $50 each.
http://www.tyresave.co.uk/tyresize.html is a good site to play around with diameters

You could try Sumitomo HTR200. I have them on my car I haven't really tested them out yet. But I read an article in Grassroots Motorsports magazine and they are supposed give pretty good performance and can't be beat for the price. I was going to buy some Yokos but something similar would have cost me about $200 per tire and the Sumitomos were $100. So I figured I would save some money and give them a shot.

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orangie only problem is what you get in canadia may not be avalible in un zed orstralia and so on
not havin a go at ya
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That's cool Makka. I understand where you're coming from. I considered that when I wrote it but you never know. They are a Japanese tire brand and maybe one of the tire shops there could order it. I had to have mine special ordered too.

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Thanks guys,
Got a price on Yokis $118 each! ... thats cheap isnt it!?
Bridgestones $180 each
Couldnt find anyone who sells somotio's or sime tyres locally , makes me wonder what they would be worth if the yokis are only $118 each.

Not a bad price for Yoki's at all, what type of bridgestones are they? sounds expensive..

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I had Sumitomos on my Corolla and my old man has them on his Chev Silverado. We picked them up at TTF (The Tyre Factory). Good tyre, good value.

Sorry not sure what type bridgestone they were ,i would have thought Yokis were a better tyre too?

Might be of interest but a mate of mine been a 'Tight Wad' fitted 175/55x13's to his mini and it's really upset the handling. Just wants to go straight (understeer) at any corner. Where as before it was like it was on rails with 175/50x13's !

what yokies are they for that price?
the bridestones are made in france now so they are not cheap anymore.
I know a few people with simes tires on there cars but none of them have anything great to say about the handling of them in wet or dry, they are just a cheap tyre.

IM gonna have to start looing for new tires for my car soon and was looking at yokies but would like to know what tread pattern etc.

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I would say for that price A539's...

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