tires and wheels tires/rims

[Guest Anonymous]

I have a 74 2002 Tii and find myself in a predicament. I am in search of a set of tires for my car. But the size seems to have been discontinued by the major manufacturers. My 205/60R/13's seem not to be available. If anyone has any ideas as to where I might find a set I would greatly appreciate it.

If there is no hope for this endeavor, I was curious about possibly getting another set of rims....14" BBS have been recommended to me. I was curious about thoughts or other options.

thanks

jeff

[RayC911]

A few recent discussions

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,0/page,viewtopic/t,360077/

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,0/page,viewtopic/t,360032/

[JohnS]

And this too:

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,57/page,viewtopic/t,357375/highlight,legends+tire/

Federal 595 205/60 13 info...

[jmaxiv]

Agree with the above post about Legends. Follow that link, the tires are awesome. I bought them a few weeks ago and they perform very well, have high tread wear rating and look great.

James

[BradB]

I might be the ' heretic " view on this discussion . As I am partial to keeping my car stock & std looking.

I agree. While I do actually like the look of bigger wheels and tires, I just love the smooth ride of my high profile 185's!

[morganfelder]

I had the same problem! Apparently Federal is the only company that makes that size anymore (for the street anyways) and there's a shipment on it's way over, but it won't get here 'till next month at the earliest. I couldn't wait that long so I put 185's on instead. When I talked to the guy at the distributor he said they were only sending over 60 for the whole country! The good news is they're only $80, provided you can get your hands on 'em.

[morganfelder]

Oh and also the width of your tires is not locked to the width of your rims, there's a lot of wiggle room; when I went from 205's to 185's I used the same rims. Your local tire guy should be able to tell you if you can do something similar.

[BMW0299]

Here's a user-friendly guide. -Raine

http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp

[hegedus]

Hi,

Big O Tires , a west coast chain, does carry a Sumitomo tire in 205/60R13 at a very reasonable $75.