Well, after the house purchase will be the tire purchase for the Cavalier. You know, that 14 inch tire in which you pretty much only find chinese junk in.... The plan was to upgrade them down the road to 15s or 16s down the road after this go around...
Granted, there are a few 14s left worth buying ( Cooper CS4, BFG Touring TAs, Yoko Avid touring S/TRZ), but you do get many others to choose as you size up....
So if you are me-do you stick with the OEM size, or upgrade to a rim/tire package?
Stick with 14s, or upgrade now?
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Im sure you can get a good looking set of Cav 15" wheels that are an exact fit for cheap. Do it!
Aftermarket is typically excessively ugly.
I put 15's on my Cavalier years ago and was VERY happy. DT got me a STEAL on a set of BBS wheels and Michelins...
Michelin makes a 185/70x14 and 195/70x14, though I don't know your tire size. It's the Harmony (and variants) line; Discount Tire has them.
Good is, you'd have them forever. Problem is, you'd have them forever. 
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Originally Posted By: silverrat
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14's hard to find? I run 13's on Neon year round now, but I'm on the 6-7 months of summer tires, 5-6 months of winter tire plan. If your not afaid of used tires you can get high performance summer tires for smaller rims off a local motorsports forum. Miati, old VW's, even old BMW's used 14's.
I got a set of used sumitomo 205/55R13's off a guy who had them on a Scirocco before he went to even wider tires and they work well on the street and I used them for a couple autocross's too. I think they'll be good for a couple more summers.
I guess as well you can probably find a set of 15" or 16" rims with good tires on them as somebody goes for even bigger rims. I don't like how much a 16" factory rim and tire weighs but you'll probably never notice the decrease in performance unless you go to the drag stip.
Gen 4 Camary I4s used 14s until 2001. I upgraded to 15x7
wheels. Made a big difference and as a bonus I was able to fit Avalon brake rotors and calipers on the front.
^^^That would be a huge upgrade!
I've never seen such a heavy car with such small brakes.
Originally Posted By: eagle23
Michelin makes a 185/70x14 and 195/70x14, though I don't know your tire size. It's the Harmony (and variants) line; Discount Tire has them.
Good is, you'd have them forever. Problem is, you'd have them forever.
There are lots of non Chinese tires in the 14s, but they aren't priced the same as Chinese junk though.
Originally Posted By: Rand
tirerack carries 14 non Chinese tires in that size.
Originally Posted By: daves87rs
Well, after the house purchase will be the tire purchase for the Cavalier. You know, that 14 inch tire in which you pretty much only find chinese junk in.... The plan was to upgrade them down the road to 15s or 16s down the road after this go around...
Granted, there are a few 14s left worth buying ( Cooper CS4, BFG Touring TAs, Yoko Avid touring S/TRZ), but you do get many others to choose as you size up....
So if you are me-do you stick with the OEM size, or upgrade to a rim/tire package?
I put some BFG's in the 195/70/14 on my GF's Cav last year. Got them at Sams Club and I think it was around $250-300 for all 4.
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These! Do it!
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Originally Posted By: daves87rs
Well, after the house purchase will be the tire purchase for the Cavalier. You know, that 14 inch tire in which you pretty much only find chinese junk in.... The plan was to upgrade them down the road to 15s or 16s down the road after this go around...
Granted, there are a few 14s left worth buying ( Cooper CS4, BFG Touring TAs, Yoko Avid touring S/TRZ), but you do get many others to choose as you size up....
So if you are me-do you stick with the OEM size, or upgrade to a rim/tire package?
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