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tuff 250		#1 Posted : Tuesday, 24 April 2007 5:37:11 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 21/01/2007(UTC) Posts: 87		im looking at putting some new tyres on the back of my coupe and was wondering if anyone still runs 14 x 10 rims like mine?anyway can you still get 295 tyres in 14" ?thanks
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Dmax		#2 Posted : Tuesday, 24 April 2007 5:48:12 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 7/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 172		Sorry Buddy, but I think you going to have little luck finding any 14" tyres that will go to 295. I would suggest that you go for 15" rims on the rear if you want to go that wide. 648hp Tunnel Rammed 351, It does not get any better [img]http://i79.ph
		648hp Tunnel Rammed 351, It does not get any better
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tuff 250		#3 Posted : Tuesday, 24 April 2007 6:23:59 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 21/01/2007(UTC) Posts: 87		yeah i know they dont make 265's in 14" anymore etc.i thought maybe bf goodrich may have sold em but if i can get anything, and it looks that way then i'll just get new rims as well.what rims/tyres are you running?just thought id see what other coupe owne
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Paul351xb		#4 Posted : Tuesday, 24 April 2007 6:32:27 AM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 5/06/2005(UTC) Posts: 1,479 Thanks: 1 times		I'm running 14 inch and have the same problem. 245 in 60 series is as wide as I can get though I'm only running an 8 inch wide rim so not as many dramas as a 10 inch rim. Finding a new wheel that looks period correct and in the budget constraints is pr
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tuff 250		#5 Posted : Tuesday, 24 April 2007 6:43:12 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 21/01/2007(UTC) Posts: 87		yeah its a worry,i do have some 8" rims that are the same so i could always put them on with a 235/245 tyre but they look so good with a 10" rim.bf goodrich still make the radial t/a in 235/245 14" there still a good looking thing.i dont want to put 20's
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Dmax		#6 Posted : Tuesday, 24 April 2007 7:16:01 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 7/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 172		You can get 265x14's in TA's and Yoky 352's 648hp Tunnel Rammed 351, It does not get any better
		648hp Tunnel Rammed 351, It does not get any better
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landau37		#7 Posted : Wednesday, 25 April 2007 12:36:47 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 27/04/2005(UTC) Posts: 96		I had 245/14 yokys and found they wear real fast. I have noticed that a lot of the rod magazines still supply 295/14 as 14 by 10 mags are still promenent in the rods .Hope it helps.
		c.rice
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tuff 250		#8 Posted : Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:40:46 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 21/01/2007(UTC) Posts: 87		hi do you remember what magazines they were in? thanks Edited by user Wednesday, 25 April 2007 1:42:10 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified
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landau37		#9 Posted : Wednesday, 25 April 2007 5:44:06 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 27/04/2005(UTC) Posts: 96		I know that j r cain in newcastle do the import tyres ,they usualy have an add in just parts. also cruzing or cruze mag ,australian hot rod mag i sure i have seen them in there,hot rod builder has them but thats a states based mag . If you ask the editors
		c.rice
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tuff 250		#10 Posted : Wednesday, 25 April 2007 6:05:18 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 21/01/2007(UTC) Posts: 87		thanks for that,if i can get them i wont have to buy new 15" rims.ps i do appreciate it :)
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landau37		#11 Posted : Thursday, 26 April 2007 5:40:20 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 27/04/2005(UTC) Posts: 96		Tuff 250, i found number for john cain 0407283454 c.rice
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tuff 250		#12 Posted : Thursday, 26 April 2007 6:33:23 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 21/01/2007(UTC) Posts: 87		thanks mate your a winner :)
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tuff 250		#13 Posted : Thursday, 26 April 2007 6:57:02 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 21/01/2007(UTC) Posts: 87		top stuff thanks mate
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landau37		#14 Posted : Tuesday, 15 May 2007 3:40:39 AM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 27/04/2005(UTC) Posts: 96		Theres a set of 14/10 twelve slotters and three mickey tompson tyres ment to be not bad nick on ebay maiden valley vic 320112018084
		c.rice
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tuff 250		#15 Posted : Thursday, 17 May 2007 5:33:50 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 21/01/2007(UTC) Posts: 87		problem is im in qld and its only pick up,thanks for the heads up but :)
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landau37		#16 Posted : Thursday, 17 May 2007 5:42:10 PM(UTC)
Rank: Member Reputation: Groups: Registered Joined: 27/04/2005(UTC) Posts: 96		Sorry mate for some reson i thought you were in vic
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Guest		#17 Posted : Friday, 18 May 2007 10:04:28 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		I went what your going thur now a couple of years ago.I had 14x10 slotters with 265x50x14 tyres and they looked great but dropped the arse of the car too low to the ground.I know Mickey thompson make big tyres but they are very pricey.In the end I bit the

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