I'm actually headed in the opposite direction currently, three of my most recent purchases have Nitro. Most of mine are still poly, but I'm starting to like nitro better.
I'm pissed that I got rid of almost all of my CD's. Better sound quality, and I miss having the proper album sleeve, liner notes, artwork et al. Neither of our cars have CD players now though....
Maybe go on the lighter side and see if it works, D'addario and others make an 11-56 set that would probably be good with the long scale. They put 14-68 on there from the factory and they definitely do not feel good.
Cloth push-back wire is the best I've used. It's really easy to work with, holds it shape well (as in won't immediately want to spring back off the lug you're trying to solder to, or whatever), and the "push-back" feature versus having to strip the wire every time is really nice. And it's...