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Old 07-20-2006, 12:25 PM
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Anyone know what size tires will fit on a 91 CRX? I'm in SM2 so I can put any size wheel/tire that will fit. A 13" wheel won't fit so maybe a 14x9 is my best bet?

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Old 07-20-2006, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by parkerfly
Anyone know what size tires will fit on a 91 CRX? I'm in SM2 so I can put any size wheel/tire that will fit. A 13" wheel won't fit so maybe a 14x9 is my best bet?

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I know 13" panasports fit. My friend runs a 1988 CSP CRX Si and runs 13x9" wheels with 285 wide tires.
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Old 07-25-2006, 06:08 AM
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man thats wide, I stuffed 225/50/15's under mine and the front tires dont like my fenders through skid pads...but I fixed it for the most part by pulling my fneders out farther...
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225/50x15" is too tall of a tire for a Civic, which is why you are running into fender rubbing problems. The right size would be 225/45x15" or even 225/40x15" if there's such a size.
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yea, trial and error owns me for now...next season I am going with kuhmo victoracers and a smaller sidewall like you suggested...
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Ack don't get VictorRacers they are like 50lbs each tire
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What R compound do you suggest for auto cross that is around the comparable price?? I am not too fond of the RA1's because it took them about 8 runs to heat up good enough to really act right and we were on a track that was coned off
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Originally Posted by pomansouth
What R compound do you suggest for auto cross that is around the comparable price?? I am not too fond of the RA1's because it took them about 8 runs to heat up good enough to really act right and we were on a track that was coned off
Well yeah the RA1s are a road racing compound.

I would get the Kumho V710s. Don't know if they come in the right size. Hoosiers have gone downhill since the A3S04s. The 5s and 6s I heard get greasy after 3 runs.
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Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
Well yeah the RA1s are a road racing compound.

I would get the Kumho V710s. Don't know if they come in the right size. Hoosiers have gone downhill since the A3S04s. The 5s and 6s I heard get greasy after 3 runs.
so I guess next season I will look into the 710's then, unless something else comes up before then, I want to get a set of azenis in 225-45-15 but they arent made yet. rumor has it that by next season maybe that tire will exist...
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I would like to get a 225/45/13 tire because it is a little smaller and should help my gearing. Hoosier makes a tire that size but from what I hear Kumho is a much better tire.

Kumho only makes a 215/50/13 tire (About the same size as the street tires I'm running now). I believe the tire contact patch would actually be about the same but the Kumo 50 series is about 1" taller.

Is 1" worth it? The Hoosiers don't seem to get very good reviews but I haven't seen another 45 series for that size.



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