Well, I'd had enough of driving on snow tires/wheels in June
Finally got the time and money together, and had the original 17" wheels refurbished (un bent, media blasted, powdercoated)
I had a very bad experience with the then new Michelin Premier A/S's I bought at Costco
28k, and they were even slicks, neither Costco or Michelin wanted to help
I was a big fan of the Primacy MXV4, but that burn hurt too much, so Continental it is
I'm happy with my WinterContact Si's, thought there summers can't be half bad?
It's there ExtremeContact DWS 06, in a 215/55/ZR17 94W, a popular size for Toyota
I had the one passable remaining Michelin put as the spare, better then my old 2005 era Bridgestone Turanza with a dozen nails and cut up sidewall
You don't get a full size spare anymore, gonna miss that in my next car
Gonna need an alignment shortly, want to get my new OEM lower control arms and ball joints in first
Book time my shop said was 8.x hours, @ $135 an hour, despite the fact that anyone who's worked on a FWD Toyota knows that getting the engine mount out of the way means you can have one side out in under an hour, but the book is the book
Hope I get better life out of these (they start with a true 10/32 new)
And there's currently a $70 rebate on from Conti, bringing my OTD price to sub $800
Finally got the time and money together, and had the original 17" wheels refurbished (un bent, media blasted, powdercoated)
I had a very bad experience with the then new Michelin Premier A/S's I bought at Costco
28k, and they were even slicks, neither Costco or Michelin wanted to help
I was a big fan of the Primacy MXV4, but that burn hurt too much, so Continental it is
I'm happy with my WinterContact Si's, thought there summers can't be half bad?
It's there ExtremeContact DWS 06, in a 215/55/ZR17 94W, a popular size for Toyota
I had the one passable remaining Michelin put as the spare, better then my old 2005 era Bridgestone Turanza with a dozen nails and cut up sidewall
You don't get a full size spare anymore, gonna miss that in my next car
Gonna need an alignment shortly, want to get my new OEM lower control arms and ball joints in first
Book time my shop said was 8.x hours, @ $135 an hour, despite the fact that anyone who's worked on a FWD Toyota knows that getting the engine mount out of the way means you can have one side out in under an hour, but the book is the book
Hope I get better life out of these (they start with a true 10/32 new)
And there's currently a $70 rebate on from Conti, bringing my OTD price to sub $800