New wheels for the electric wagon
judebert
familEE
My kids want the project (re)done in time for the first day of school. I want better range/mileage, so I decided to go for 15" rims with lower-profile tires. At the junkyard, I found '95 Saturn aluminum 15x6 ET50 rims. I haven't got a picture right now, but they look like this:
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One is pretty badly scuffed, with a tiny dent in the lip, but for $25/each I couldn't pass them up. They're $235 from the dealer, and $135 aftermarket.
I had to pull them myself. In the Florida noontime sun, that was a {INSERT PROFANITY HERE} tough job. I had to take three breaks, and I still swayed when I stood for hours afterwards. Not to mention the tires got hot from sitting in the sun for even 5 minutes.
They came with 195/60R15 tires. Two of them were still worthwhile, so I brought them home and tried them on the Wagon. They didn't rub even at extreme turning, but there wasn't even a finger's width; they'd probably rub on a bump in a turn. Even my wife was impressed with the look.
I'm getting them fitted with 185/55R15 Toyo T1Rs. According to the extremely cool Java Tire size calculator, they're only a tiny bit bigger. I'll add pictures when I've got them on. Until then, I'm conditionally asserting that '95-01 Saturn aluminum rims will fit our Wagons.
(edited: added offset and tire calculator info)
.One is pretty badly scuffed, with a tiny dent in the lip, but for $25/each I couldn't pass them up. They're $235 from the dealer, and $135 aftermarket.
I had to pull them myself. In the Florida noontime sun, that was a {INSERT PROFANITY HERE} tough job. I had to take three breaks, and I still swayed when I stood for hours afterwards. Not to mention the tires got hot from sitting in the sun for even 5 minutes.
They came with 195/60R15 tires. Two of them were still worthwhile, so I brought them home and tried them on the Wagon. They didn't rub even at extreme turning, but there wasn't even a finger's width; they'd probably rub on a bump in a turn. Even my wife was impressed with the look.
I'm getting them fitted with 185/55R15 Toyo T1Rs. According to the extremely cool Java Tire size calculator, they're only a tiny bit bigger. I'll add pictures when I've got them on. Until then, I'm conditionally asserting that '95-01 Saturn aluminum rims will fit our Wagons.
(edited: added offset and tire calculator info)
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