I told myself I wouldn't seriously look for new tires/wheels.
But I seriously can't help myself.
Found someone with a set of original HX rims priced for $200 USD but wants to swap for other oem civic alloys...mine have tires with <2000 miles on them while his are only okay so if we both could come to something I should be able to make $100+ on that if I were to do it, and if I just got a basic set of 185/75/14 tires off of Ebay it would be around $200 so it would cost me less than $100 hopefully. Plus, 185/75/14 tires are
only 1.4mm shorter than my current 195/65/15s that come stock on the EX. DX/Hybrid are 185/70/14 so these would be the same width as those, but would actually be as tall as my current setup. Plus with the lightweight HX wheels.
IF I WERE TO DO THIS....and I
want to, but the fact of this being a
permanent mod, well, half scares me
, what tires should I get? These
Hankook Optimo H724 - P185/75r14 Tires are only $44.95 USD each, but are they a good brand or not? Are tires a case of you get what you pay for? There's also a couple whitewall options -
Travelstar UN106 185/75/R14s are only $46.90 USD, and these
Milestar MS775 Touring SLE P185/75R14 are only $46.46 USD each (would a whitewall tire look good with my current all black setup anyway?).
Not sure where to find tire weights and sidewall PSI max for them.
I don't want to spend $300+ on a set of new tires if I were to make this happen.
Also, if you see this California98Civic, you switched
away from the HX rims to bigger, heavier Mini Cooper rims...is this just because you ran the stock, shorter HX tires on the rims?