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Old 05-23-2018, 11:21 AM   #44563
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Time to replace tires and I'm considering new wheels along with it. If I spend much more time between the wheel / tire thread and tirerack.com, I'll have to report myself for too much bandwidth utilization.
Just do like I do when looking at wheels.




Find ones you like.
Say to yourself "I will wait a week before I order"
Find new ones you like better in that week.
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Old 05-23-2018, 12:09 PM   #44564
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Just do like I do when looking at wheels.




Find ones you like.
Say to yourself "I will wait a week before I order"
Find new ones you like better in that week.
Repeat over and over and over and over.
Save money by never getting wheels.

The issue I have is that I keep coming back to really like Enkei rs05rrs, which are of course twice as expensive as anything else I've considered. Makes them difficult to justify mentally. I know there are also Ambit RE02s, but something about a knockoff company that falsely claimed they met certain regulation standards screams all kinds of nope.
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Old 05-23-2018, 12:15 PM   #44565
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The issue I have is that I keep coming back to really like Enkei rs05rrs, which are of course twice as expensive as anything else I've considered. Makes them difficult to justify mentally. I know there are also Ambit RE02s, but something about a knockoff company that falsely claimed they met certain regulation standards screams all kinds of nope.
I keep coming back to the basic 2017 stock wheels. Just need to wait until somebody in Canada decides to unload a set for a reasonable price.
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Old 05-23-2018, 12:17 PM   #44566
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Just do like I do when looking at wheels.

Find ones you like.
Say to yourself "I will wait a week before I order"
Find new ones you like better in that week.
Repeat over and over and over and over.
Save money by never getting wheels.
My exact strategy. In fact it works so well that I have NEVER replaced wheels on a car. I did replace a few hubcaps back in the day, but even then it was typically after one was damaged or lost and I couldn't find a like match.
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Old 05-23-2018, 12:27 PM   #44567
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My exact strategy. In fact it works so well that I have NEVER replaced wheels on a car. I did replace a few hubcaps back in the day, but even then it was typically after one was damaged or lost and I couldn't find a like match.
LOL I still have damaged caps for cars I haven't even owned in over 40 years.
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Old 05-23-2018, 01:33 PM   #44568
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LOL I still have damaged caps for cars I haven't even owned in over 40 years.
Probably worth some money to someone.
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Probably worth some money to someone.
Too mangled. It shot off the car at 60MPH when the diff pocked solid. Never did find the other one.
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Old 05-23-2018, 01:50 PM   #44570
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My EBAY cart has some parts in it... I am trying to convince myself....

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Old 05-23-2018, 01:57 PM   #44571
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What parts? I'll tell you if you should buy them or not.


Nothing too exciting... SPC 12mm Camber bolts and some nicer quality extended steel lug nuts.


My car budget is tight though because I just bought 4 tires, an ignition coil, and wiper blades.
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Did you get the OEM Subaru wiper blade inserts/replacements?
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Oops. I skimmed too quickly. I was ragging on @Sapphireho for his lotus wheels.
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I ordered some Trico Force wiper blades. They invented the wiper blade in 1917, or at least that's what wiki says. I actually didn't know that, just bought them on reviews...
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Yea, I caught that.


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