Winter Wheels...from those who KNOW about winter
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Originally Posted by Domer
You will have more tire and rim options if you go for a 17" wheel package, so you may find a lower price rim. Just be carefull, some of those 17" rims won't fit over the brake calipers. No matter which way you go, you must get winter tires. It will be cheaper than a collision. The OEM tires have already turned into hockey pucks with our current temperatures.
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Thanks for all the help! What I ended up doing is buying wheels (17" ADR Sokudo - $350 shipped for set of four on eBay) and tires (Hanook Icebear WS300 - $430 with free shipping from Discount Tire). $40 for new lug nuts...the stock ones wouldn't fit with the new wheels. My future father-in-law is mounting and balancing the tires today (free).
Total Cost: $820 I think this is about as cheap as you can do it without going used.
I will be swapping from summer to winter tonight, and will post pics ASAP.
Total Cost: $820 I think this is about as cheap as you can do it without going used.
I will be swapping from summer to winter tonight, and will post pics ASAP.
$820 is damn good, congrats. i picked up an extra set of stock wheels and have blizzak lm-22's and theyve been great. a bit more up front cost, but in the end itll save me b/c i can just swap them whenever i want. i wanted to stick with 18s so there were very few options, i think arctic alpins were the only other ones that would fit
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Here they are:
Wheels: 17x7 ADR Sokudo (Gun Metallic)
Tires: 225/50/17 Hankook Icebear
I think it's a good look, and I'm still excited about the price!
Wheels: 17x7 ADR Sokudo (Gun Metallic)
Tires: 225/50/17 Hankook Icebear
I think it's a good look, and I'm still excited about the price!
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Freakin POed.. Ordered 18" Kazeras and Dunlop M3s last thursday and they were supposed to be here yesterday. Still not in and my car is stuck in the snow. UPS seems to have lost the package. BOOO UPS
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I live in Chicago, here is my winter set, 225/50HR-17 Dunlop Winter Sport M3 tires on 17x7 Kazera KZ-V wheels, bought this set for $1153 from tirerack.com in Oct.2004, worked excellent last winter. Here are pics after I changed them over in my garage one month ago.
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Originally Posted by jet987
I live in Chicago, here is my winter set, 225/50HR-17 Dunlop Winter Sport M3 tires on 17x7 Kazera KZ-V wheels, bought this set for $1153 from tirerack.com in Oct.2004, worked excellent last winter. Here are pics after I changed them over in my garage one month ago.
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