KW (Tri-Cities) Thread

[thorlius]

Originally Posted by Demandred7

As it turns out, Corolla steelies don't quite work for the FR-S. The steelies I had on the Corolla are apparently a hubcentric design and the hubs on the FR-S are larger than the Corolla.

They are ordering specific ones that should come in tomorrow and I'll have to put the old ones up for sale. I also ordered lugs for the rims too. There's a quick $300, but, it isn't as though I have a choice.

I thought the Corolla had a different bolt pattern than the Subaru standard pattern.

Edit: There are probably 10 different Corolla bolt patterns depending on generation or trim so I guess I wouldn't really know. I got 16" Impreza steelies and all my research says they should be fine.

[Demandred7]

Originally Posted by thorlius

I thought the Corolla had a different bolt pattern than the Subaru standard pattern.

Edit: There are probably 10 different Corolla bolt patterns depending on generation or trim so I guess I wouldn't really know. I got 16" Impreza steelies and all my research says they should be fine.

Everything looked right. 5 x 100 pattern, 205/50R-16 (I minus sized from the 215/45-17 (I had a 2009 XRS)), but, I was watching him try and put one on and it is quite close to fitting, but, not close enough. The other option was to grind out enough material on the steelie to fit, but, I did not feel comfortable with that option.

If everything goes according to plan, they should get everything in tomorrow and I will get them installed in the afternoon. As long as they are installed by next week, the Weather Network is predicting winter weather.

[Slartibartfast]

Originally Posted by thorlius

Seems my car is in Toronto and should be in town by Friday give or take a day. Then a couple days for licensing and paperwork. So pessimistically speaking, I should have it before the end of the month. Best case would be this Saturday by the sounds of it.

Confirmation (an exact date for taking delivery) will be Wednesday.

I AM READY.

So where's the party being held??? We have to do something in celebration!

My Lenore is going into storage Saturday! My 1996 Corolla is ready to go.

[Demandred7]

Originally Posted by Demandred7

Everything looked right. 5 x 100 pattern, 205/50R-16 (I minus sized from the 215/45-17 (I had a 2009 XRS)), but, I was watching him try and put one on and it is quite close to fitting, but, not close enough. The other option was to grind out enough material on the steelie to fit, but, I did not feel comfortable with that option.

If everything goes according to plan, they should get everything in tomorrow and I will get them installed in the afternoon. As long as they are installed by next week, the Weather Network is predicting winter weather.

Not to be an ,but, it looks like tomorrow now for the winter tires.

Oh well, I guess I can have one more day of fun on non-squishy tires. Once the temperature drops and flakes start to fall, then I will appreciate them. Until then, they are a necessary evil. Hoping I don't regret making it my daily driver.

[thorlius]

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

So where's the party being held??? We have to do something in celebration!

My Lenore is going into storage Saturday! My 1996 Corolla is ready to go.

No party, but I'm game for a meetup if we do any now. Probably too cold to stand around outside at night chatting at this time of year though.

Originally Posted by Demandred7

Not to be an ,but, it looks like tomorrow now for the winter tires.

Oh well, I guess I can have one more day of fun on non-squishy tires. Once the temperature drops and flakes start to fall, then I will appreciate them. Until then, they are a necessary evil. Hoping I don't regret making it my daily driver.

At least you got to try your summers. I will be getting my winters installed by my dealer before I take possession.

[Demandred7]

Originally Posted by thorlius

No party, but I'm game for a meetup if we do any now. Probably too cold to stand around outside at night chatting at this time of year though.



At least you got to try your summers. I will be getting my winters installed by my dealer before I take possession.

I guess I sounded pretty selfish, my bad, just think, it'll only get better once spring rolls around. Then it is time for some serious fun.

[djdnz]

Putting mine away on Thursday I think. Wasn't sure if I would winter drive it or not, but I'll save her from the salt this year at least.

[BreezinBy]

Something you all may know (I didn't)... but when you get your snows on and if you don't install the TPMS on them the light on the dash comes on and off somewhat randomly. No biggie, I was just caught off guard. lol Any unexpected lights throw me a tad.

[sal]

Got my lights replaced by Heffner Toyota today. First time bringing her out in a month and MAN do I miss her!

[Demandred7]

Originally Posted by BreezinBy

Something you all may know (I didn't)... but when you get your snows on and if you don't install the TPMS on them the light on the dash comes on and off somewhat randomly. No biggie, I was just caught off guard. lol Any unexpected lights throw me a tad.

My Corolla did something similar. It would periodically try to pick up the signal from the TPMS and then when it would inevitably fail, the light would come back on. The funny thing is that because I stored my winter tires in my garage, it would sometimes sense them and be fine until sometime later after leaving the house.

[thorlius]

Originally Posted by Demandred7

My Corolla did something similar. It would periodically try to pick up the signal from the TPMS and then when it would inevitably fail, the light would come back on. The funny thing is that because I stored my winter tires in my garage, it would sometimes sense them and be fine until sometime later after leaving the house.

I'm wondering about leave the summers (with the TPMS sensors) in the trunk. Extra rear end weight like most pickup truck drivers do with sandbags/snow/etc in the winter, and your sensors should stay in range. Then maybe the light would stay off as well.

[Demandred7]

Originally Posted by thorlius

I'm wondering about leave the summers (with the TPMS sensors) in the trunk. Extra rear end weight like most pickup truck drivers do with sandbags/snow/etc in the winter, and your sensors should stay in range. Then maybe the light would stay off as well.

It might work.



Do you plan to use your trunk or back seats? Space is already pretty limited back there. I am pretty sure you would need all 4 tires to trick the system. Softener salt bags might be a more compact solution for adding weight.

IMHO, ignore the light, check your tire pressure regularly. You will probably find that you will use VSC Sport often enough that the TPMS light will be just one more light added to the mix.

[df.dima]

Regarding TPMS, there have been multiple threads where people confirm that this kind of system requires the wheel to be spinning to activate sensors to read. Just go through a few threads in wheel section and you'll see. It just happens to not activate the light consistently when you don't have sensors in your driving wheels. That's what I got based on my reading.

[Demandred7]

Originally Posted by df.dima

Regarding TPMS, there have been multiple threads where people confirm that this kind of system requires the wheel to be spinning to activate sensors to read. Just go through a few threads in wheel section and you'll see. It just happens to not activate the light consistently when you don't have sensors in your driving wheels. That's what I got based on my reading.

Yeah, it is a light that I was going to personally ignore so I didn't

Good to know. Thanks for digging into it.