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    Quote Originally Posted by Eggman View Post
    That size is typical for an older Civic. You may be the first to try them. If you do, be sure to let us know how they work.
    I tried tonight, the tires fit in, but not much room between the suspension spring and inner edge of the tires. I guess it should be fine if running on flat surface but I took them off, just to be on the safe side.


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    185/60/14 is too wide of a tire, will have balance problems, you need a wider wheel for that, trust me! I have been there!
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    Cap. Fantastic, whats your opinion on trading in the 165/65/R14 for the 175/65/R14? Any misgivings or its fine? Also thank you for your candor about the Canadian health care system, (makes me want to immigrate there even more.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler View Post
    Cap. Fantastic, whats your opinion on trading in the 165/65/R14 for the 175/65/R14? Any misgivings or its fine? Also thank you for your candor about the Canadian health care system, (makes me want to immigrate there even more.)
    I'm not sure who Cap Fantastic is, but I'm running 175/65r14 for my winter tires and they are great. No issues with clearance at all, good efficiency, and a bit quieter/softer than stock (though maybe because of the winter rubber compound). I'd be happy with either for summer tires - depending on what was available.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler View Post
    Cap. Fantastic, whats your opinion on trading in the 165/65/R14 for the 175/65/R14? Any misgivings or its fine? Also thank you for your candor about the Canadian health care system, (makes me want to immigrate there even more.)
    The Mirage was designed for tires that have an outside diameter of 22.4" (165/65-14 tires) to 22.6" (175/55-15 tires). Anything within 3% of that is considered acceptable by most tire guys. Mirage owners explore other tire sizes, because factory size tire options are quite limited in the U.S.

    Just as an example - Walmart usually offers 3-4 165/65-14 tire options. If you go with 175/65-14 size tires, the options jump to 80+ options. Many of the tire companies for the U.S. start with 175 width tires and go up from there. They don't even offer 165 width tires.

    The two factory size tires used by Mitsubishi don't even match perfectly. 175/65-14 & 185/55-15 are a perfect match (both have a 23" outside diameter). In my opinion, Mitsubishi should be sending us these two tire sizes in the U.S. to begin with. A 23" tire (+2.7%) is within 3% of the current stock tire sizes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by remusrm View Post
    185/60/14 is too wide of a tire, will have balance problems, you need a wider wheel for that, trust me! I have been there!
    Staying within this topic - I would sort of stay within what's recommended. I know some go beyond that, but I don't see the need to do that. My Mirage has 4.5" wide rims, & I would stick with 165 or 175 width tires. These are common numbers I see for rims and tires -

    Rim width = Recommended tire widths below -
    4.5” = 145-175
    5.0” = 155-185
    5.5” = 165-195
    6.0” = 175-205
    6.5” = 185-215

    For the winter ridge road driving that I have to do, I would always pick a skinner tire over a wider tire (on a small lightweight front-wheel drive car). Thus, I don't mind 165/65-14 tires as long as a couple good options exist.

    If I lived in the South & didn't have to worry about snow, I wouldn't hesitate to use 175/65-14 tires one bit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post
    Staying within this topic - I would sort of stay within what's recommended. I know some go beyond that, but I don't see the need to do that. My Mirage has 4.5" wide rims, & I would stick with 165 or 175 width tires. These are common numbers I see for rims and tires -

    Rim width = Recommended tire widths below -
    4.5” = 145-175
    5.0” = 155-185
    5.5” = 165-195
    6.0” = 175-205
    6.5” = 185-215

    For the winter ridge road driving that I have to do, I would always pick a skinner tire over a wider tire (on a small lightweight front-wheel drive car). Thus, I don't mind 165/65-14 tires as long as a couple good options exist.

    If I lived in the South & didn't have to worry about snow, I wouldn't hesitate to use 175/65-14 tires one bit.
    I also previously used 155/80r13 and they worked fine too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canoehead View Post
    I also previously used 155/80r13 and they worked fine too.
    I considered those myself, but 13" rims will not fit on the 2017+ Mirages. The 14" rims just barely clear the larger disk brakes that were added to the updated models of the Mirage. If you own a 2017+ Mirage, you'll find 13" rims are no longer recommended. Just a word of caution to anyone new to the forum reading all this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler View Post
    Cap. Fantastic, whats your opinion on trading in the 165/65/R14 for the 175/65/R14? Any misgivings or its fine? Also thank you for your candor about the Canadian health care system, (makes me want to immigrate there even more.)
    I am sure the good Captain will chime in, but I have had no problems at all using 175/65-14s. But I do it backwards...I run 165/65-14 snow tires and 175/65-14 summer tires.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Canoehead View Post
    I'm not sure who Cap Fantastic is
    He means Fummins. I derisively called him that a week or two ago when we were arguing about how to use Carpart.com, and we all kinda like it...including Fummins!

    Not sure if he officially changed it, though.



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