Does anyone know where I can purchase a new set of 50 series 13" tires? I cannot find them anywhere.

Good luck. When you do find them buy as many as you can. They are getting hard to find and I don't believe anybody makes regular 50 series 13 inch tires anymore other than drag radial style tires.

Yea, that's what I've heard. I'm just trying to find some to stretch.

175/50 is like everywhere

Those are hard to find i'vee been searching non stop for the past 3-4 months and cant find'em, the few that I do find Used they want an arm and a leg for them. But here is what I found, GB Cars http://www.gbcarparts.com/products.asp?cat=54 they carry 175/50 13 at the most reasonable prices I have found starting about $111.00 per tire. There was a guy selling a full set of NOS BFGoodridge T/A's 215/50 R13 on ebay, hey had it at buy know for $600.00! the actual bid went up to $420.00, hes was charging $75.00 for shipping. Kumo makes a 215 50 13 V710 RACE TIRE that is DOT Approved that is still available, the cheapest I've seen it is on ebay $115.99 ea. here http://www.ebay.com/itm/215-50-13-KUMHO ... b9&vxp=mtr

Other than that, there is nothing! I even tried having some shipped from the UK and it is extreemly expensive to have'em shipped to the U.S. so not really a viable option unless you want to spend $800 + on a set of tires.

..and that where my search has taken me... I am just moving up to a 15" and do a 195/45 15 the smalles of the 15" tires, has just about the same overall diameter as a 215/50 13.

hope this helps ...

I have a pair of 155/80.. I might have q set of 175/50 ill have to check

There just isn't a big enough market for 13" tires I guess.

Not really...

Also, side note, if you don't mind spending a little extra for high performance tires, you might try these guys?

http://www.hoosiertire.com/rrtire.htm

They at least have the size you need.

Have you considered a 185/60-13? They are still readily available.. Good luck with the search...

http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=135&sowigan=&Breite=185&Quer=60&Felge=13&Speed=&kategorie=6&LoadRange=&Marke=&ranzahl=4&suchen=View+tires

The moderator is going to probably respond with a lame response due to me referring you to a british car website..... whatever..

175/50/13s can also be picked up at http://www.gbcarparts.com

The yokohama a008 are amazing grippers but only in dry warm weather.
Yokohama a539 have quite a bit of side wall flex but a good sticky tire
The sumitomo htr or something of a sort has a lot of side wall flex. Enough to make you feel like you are driving on marshmallows
And the ones that I loved the most were the Dunlop SP2000

You can also check http://www.minimania.com and ebay.com

Do any of these tires have bead protectors? I cant find anything in the description about that.