01-28-06

I just order these wheels from Pep Boys yesterday. They are exactly like the one's in the below forum except their 15's:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...proline+wheels

Does anyone use these all year round to replace the steelies? I went more for look rather then performance and my ride is Shadow Mica. How well do they work in snow?

Thanks
Knight

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depends on what kinda tire you have on the rims. i no the stock tires are not that great. its just snowed here for the first time and i almost got stuck a few times and we had only 1 inch.

 

I plan on still using the Stock tires. It snowed about 6 inches here in Chicago the 1st week of December I used the stock steelies and stock tires and had not problems, but will the reduced weight make it harder to drive with these wheels and stock tires in snow?

Thanks
Knight

 

I would recommend ditching the OEM tires (not really anything to great to say about them except they are way to expensive)

Do a search, there are numerous threads on OEM replacement tires......

 

If your OEM tires are still good, I'd say keep them. I'm in Wisconsin and had them on for that first big snow. Worked great. Then the snow melted and I put the 17" back on. Then it snowed
and I didn't feel like swapping them. Well that was a big mistake. Even though there all season. They sucked. Stocks are back on and I've had no problems. I'd stick with them until they need replacing.

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The wheels won't make any noticeable difference, and the one saving grace of the stock Goodyears is that they're decent in snow, until it gets deep. Not great, but not terrible, either.

It's easy to beat up alloy wheels in the winter, unfortunately, depending on the curb configuration where you live. Mine already have a couple of minor scrapes, and it's not yet a year old... old neighborhood, square stone curbs... on-street parking... rims having spokes raised beyond the plane of the rim are particularly susceptible...

 

the potenza tires blow in the snow. alloy wheels are usually for summer steelies are for winter.