DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO GET A WINTER SET OF RIMS AND TIRES! Any trustworthy names for rims especially?
Somehow it has actually been difficult to source acceptable quality basic rims and snow tires for my 2013 Camry SE with the 17 inch wheels. 225-55 R17.
I looked on Discount Tire and the Tires part is the easy part to find...
Michelin X-Ice Xi3 $134
General Altimax Arctic $103
now I know both will likely be noisy and after two winter... probably unbearably noisy. The Michelin seems preferred.
Wife has something stuck in her head that after 30 years of driving on all season tires in Wisconsin , that she suddenly must have snow tires. Part of me wants to get the cheapest loudest ones to teacher her a lesson... alas I digress since I will probably hear enough complaints about how the car is loud and wanders with even the most expensive snow tire brand.
SO the tough part is getting the RIMS. I found some steelies on Discount but they are of unknown quality and work with almost no wheel covers. Then there are some cheapo alloys (the must disliked MB line). As far as OEM take offs, all I can find are so called "refurbished" on ebay, again totally unknown quality. I don't live in L.A. so dealer takeoffs and tuner shops are nonexistent.
In the end... I don't need $800 of rims just to have a snow tire setup.
Somehow it has actually been difficult to source acceptable quality basic rims and snow tires for my 2013 Camry SE with the 17 inch wheels. 225-55 R17.
I looked on Discount Tire and the Tires part is the easy part to find...
Michelin X-Ice Xi3 $134
General Altimax Arctic $103
now I know both will likely be noisy and after two winter... probably unbearably noisy. The Michelin seems preferred.
Wife has something stuck in her head that after 30 years of driving on all season tires in Wisconsin , that she suddenly must have snow tires. Part of me wants to get the cheapest loudest ones to teacher her a lesson... alas I digress since I will probably hear enough complaints about how the car is loud and wanders with even the most expensive snow tire brand.
SO the tough part is getting the RIMS. I found some steelies on Discount but they are of unknown quality and work with almost no wheel covers. Then there are some cheapo alloys (the must disliked MB line). As far as OEM take offs, all I can find are so called "refurbished" on ebay, again totally unknown quality. I don't live in L.A. so dealer takeoffs and tuner shops are nonexistent.
In the end... I don't need $800 of rims just to have a snow tire setup.