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I thought the factory wheels would be ugly too...but they are actually rather nice in person (still a little heavy though). If on a tight budget I would go with just changing out tires once the stockers wear down. The Kumho Ecsta LE Sport would be my choice for a great low price max performance summer tire, have a set I just recently put on my Tacoma (205/55-16 size on 16x7.5 Kosei K-1's) and love them for a daily driver tire - good dry grip levels, extremely impressive wet grip levels - going through standing water at high speed is non-issue as it cuts right through like nothing, a very quiet/subdued tone once you pass the tires grip level, and very nice transitional responsiveness while still giving a comfortably soft ride. They are more grippy than the stock Michelins and definitely have a better tread pattern with larger outside tread blocks and better circumferential grooving - hence the awesome wet handling. They are a better wet tire than the older Hankook RS-2, which was better than its replacement the RS-3. Dry grip not quite on par with the RS-2 but pretty close.
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