[BrickPig]

I want to keep the stock tires...I don't want to have to drop 700 dollars on a tire when I gotta replace one. Would love to go bigger, but gotta stay in the budget

Agree. Why I stayed with 16" tires and wheels:

• retain ride quality
• no worries about tire/fender clearance issues during heavy cornering, when car is heavily loaded, or even when car is lowered via lowering springs
• 16" wheels are cheaper than larger diameter wheels
• can buy 16" alloy wheels NOW, and sell the stock wheels, covers, and lugs for ca$h (I got my alloy wheels with only 160 miles on the odometer)
• can use the OEM tires on the new alloy wheels
• 16" tires are cheaper to replace than larger diameter tires
• come replacement time, can buy wider but lower 16" tires (ie 225/50-16) to visually "fill out" the wheels and fenders

In the end it all worked out well for me, and helped me stay within budget.

 

[miloxb]

Sorry but 18">16" in every way lol


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[SumthingMessy]

Except for when I gotta pay my tuition. If love to throw some 18's on. Put it on air. Paint it cement grey. Turbo. All of that. And I could, but an education>those 2 inches on my rim. Maybe after school is done

 

[miloxb]

Don't you read the news most college grads are unemployed forget school put it all towards your car and go flip burgers 😄 jk


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[BrickPig]

...an education>those 2 inches on my rim. Maybe after school is done.

Smart man. He has his priorities straight.

In the meantime, you can go for low-cost mods, such as painting or plasti-dipping your wheel covers, or removing the covers and painting the wheels and getting new center caps. Some members have replaced their wheel covers with other covers and painted them. Just some ideas...

 

[SumthingMessy]

My hubs are dipped black. I might do purple just to scratch that itch until I can go for rims. Definitely want to do rims. Paint the calipers. All that. My girls brother works for discount tire so I have a small "in" there. Just being smart about it. I had some tax laws change where I live which led to a $780 overpayment to my car be credited to my acct so I'm paid until oct 15th. I'm skipping this month to use for my trip. Then I might still pay, but half payments or so. Then save the rest for a set. Maybe 100-125 a rim. I like the look of 5-7 spoke. Like the trd 19's kinda. Be great to find gunmetal or black. Iffy on white. Definitely not chrome on a white xb. Ick.

 

[SumthingMessy]

And yea I try to have m priorities straight. Zero student debt. Taking longer than I want, but it's ok. I work at Walmart and even as a manager it's tough. I hate it there. But I know it'll pay off one day

 

[markio]

Agreed on the white/chrome

NICE! Zero student loan debt is awesome. Keep it up, what kind of studies are you doing?

 

[SumthingMessy]

Went from music performance (turned down a full ride to uHawaii at manoa) to radiology. Did my first semester at the hospital and hated it. Now I'm back to electrical engineering. Trying to get my gen eds done but school is expensive.

 

[SumthingMessy]

If I can find that reflective paint that I've been seeing on cars online lately in purple, I would do black or gunmetal with a lip of that. Mmmm