Really liking my Cheap Winter Tires/Wheels

spearfish25 · 11-15-2009, 11:43 AM

New pics added to OP.

Couple things I've noticed. 1) the rears are WAY too far inboard. I'm buying 25mm spacers now and that should help. Hopefully they'll look good with the summer sport rims as well. The front rims look just fine in terms of flushness (to my eye).
2) inset rims may be somewhat beneficial from a winter standpoint. The more inboard they are, the less crap you'll have thrown all over the car when you're driving.
3) If one goes with 4 identical wheels, you can rotate front for rear to get more life out of the winter tires (Blizzaks are rotational so you can't swap left and right, just front and back). Playing with offsets can fix the flushness problem but you won't be able to rotate wheels then.

11-15-2009, 11:43 AM	#19 (permalink)
spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1857	New pics added to OP. Couple things I've noticed. 1) the rears are WAY too far inboard. I'm buying 25mm spacers now and that should help. Hopefully they'll look good with the summer sport rims as well. The front rims look just fine in terms of flushness (to my eye). 2) inset rims may be somewhat beneficial from a winter standpoint. The more inboard they are, the less crap you'll have thrown all over the car when you're driving. 3) If one goes with 4 identical wheels, you can rotate front for rear to get more life out of the winter tires (Blizzaks are rotational so you can't swap left and right, just front and back). Playing with offsets can fix the flushness problem but you won't be able to rotate wheels then. __________________ 2013 Cadillac V-Wagon, RIP Z

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