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09-01-2012, 08:55 PM | #1 |
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16" or 17" for winter? Blue rims on blue car? TPMS or not?
I'm purchasing my snow tire setup, and I've decided to get alloy rather than steel rims since I'll be keeping them on the car ~5 months/year. Some choices:
Any thoughts?
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Personally, in general, I prefer to go with smaller diameter wheels for snow tires, I don't really care about wheel weight for winter wheels, and I never bother with TPMS for winter wheels/tires.
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I would keep 17" size. You would have enough rubber height with them for winter. Light grey blends better with blue color car for me. TPMS is a MAST for all high speed cars. Remember, you buy them once for the life of the car regardless of how many tire sets you go through.
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TPMS sensors get rebuilt when you get new tires, most tire shops know how to do this, they effectively just change the battery and reseal the unit. That being said, there's no reason why not to spend this money and use these wheels for summer wheels and keep the stockers for winter. Get two sets of TPMS sensors and the dealership can calibrate them both to your car's system. Switching wheels would just require a trip to the dealership to re-cal the sensors (my dealer will do this for free, YMMV).
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I definitely think blue wheels on a blue car are ok :-)
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Thanks for the replies everyone. Today is the last day for MICHELIN's $70 rebate, so I ordered:
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Blue rims are meh....
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