Thanks one more question, at what size will I run into the issue of the rim not clearing my calipers (is there a way to check?)?

I'm 99.7% sure I'll be fine with the ones in my cart right now, but was just curious as I've had a few people tell me to make sure.

What are you looking at?

http://m.tirerack.com/tires/TireDeta...S&autoModClar=

Goodyear ultra grip wrt, just trying to see if there was any reason they might not fit

Those will be perfect.

What county in Jersey? Camden Cnty. here

Hunterdon (Central)

Still haven't hit submit on my cart yet... Because I'm wondering if I really need the steel wheels, my current stock rims are a bit scraped up as they are...

Other than durability do steel wheels make much of a different for winter driving (added weight / traction?)?

Also I pulled this from the tirerack website for one of the local "recommended installers":

1. Can't I just install mounted/balanced tires from tirerack as you would a spare?

2. Is this saying this particular dealer charges $5 per mounted/balanced tire to install? They quoted me at $20...

Yeah, if you have new wheels/tires then you can just pull the old ones off, put the new ones on and torque your lugs properly. Sounds like that $5/ea is for exactly that service if you don't want to do it yourself.

The wheel itself makes really no noticible difference. Typically I put snow tires on my OEM rims and then summer tires on a better wheel.

Thanks, if it seems like I confirm and then re-confirm and re-confirm again everything it's probably because I am (unintentionally)... This car is kind of my crash course in car maintenance / care.

Looks like all that's left for me (for real this time) is to figure out is whether to run stock rims in winter or get steelies... Will probably end up flipping a coin at this rate :bonk:

I put my order in today, ended up going with the 205/55R-16 Goodyear Ultra Grip Ice WRT.

With the steel rims it came out to $782 - but I should be getting a "rebate"* of $110 eventually...

*It's a Goodyear VISA so presumably you can only use the car at Goodyear, not entirely sure what I'd spend the $ on, most likely as an emergency fund I guess in case I get a flat / need a new rim, TPMS, etc.

Thank you everyone for the help, Thursday is going to take forever to get here...

This is what happened to me a couple of weeks ago in my truck. Made a nice mess of the rear quarter panel as well.


I'm damn glad I wasn't pulling my travel trailer on the freeway when it blew. BTW, no previous sidewall damage. Once everything is fixed, new tires, and damage will be close to 3500$


http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps7gbxxh0o.jpg

Thanks Rust. I am going to save this pic and your story for the guys that think they can't go just a little further on a damaged tire. I have blown a couple but they were in the pre cellphone/camera days so had no pics.