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Originally Posted by E92_SID
5K since may? That is crazy! On the 23rd of this month my car will have its first birthday and I already have 21k on it. If im gonna pay for it then im going to drive it!
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Had my car since Jan '07, and have just over 20k miles.
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Originally Posted by Appropriate
Okay, let's see... I had three damaged wheels, two were pretty nasty. They all look brand new now. I felt horrible each time I damaged one. I've never had a car with such big wheels and low profile tires... very easy to damage.
The cheapest wheel was $55. The most expensive was $85. Balancing was included in those, and they balanced my only non-damaged wheel for $10.
I stopped by Spec Wheel, and the guy told me $110 for each wheel, not including balancing of $10 each. He seemed nice enough, but when I told him I still wanted to get one other place to look at it, he guessed I was going to Woody's and told me Woody's would definitely be more expensive. Wrong.
Ideally Woody's says they like to do all the wheels of a car in one day (drop off in morning, pick up in evening), but they were a little slow on that estimate and had mine for just over 48 hours. I don't really use my car that much (only 5k miles since I got it in early May), and they and me are near the light rail, so I didn't mind. But you might have to nail them down on a commitment if you can't be without your car.
Racey, I may be interested in the wheels. Probably not really. I need a set of snow tires/wheels, and I doubt the 18" 189's could be set up with the right tire. Probably need to go to 17's huh?
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Update: Well holy crap, they do make snow tires that fit the 189's. Let's talk.
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That is great news to know it will cost less than 100 per wheel to get repaired. I just always assumed it would be like 120 or so per tire. Definitely will be giving them a call
Honestly, if I were ever going to get a set of winter wheels I would probably go for 17s. They do make 18" winter tires, but there just still isn't that much rubber there to protect your wheels against potholes and winter road disrepair. I will definitely talk to you though once I get my new wheels.