picking wheels for my cobalt!

[Fletch627]

Rpf1.

Come again? Lol

 

[Bass_Waves]

Enkei Rpf1. Type that into Google. Images will show it

 

[Fletch627]

Ah thank you. Not lookin to drop that much though. What should I know about sizing?

 

[Bass_Waves]

Omphf there is a lot to sizing out tires vs low vs tire size vs how wide the tires vs offset

 

[bluebaltz]

i never cared for tpms lol! so i asked the guy at a shop that i like what their policy is. they'll install new rim/tires without swapping the tpms sensors, but i gotta sign a waiver lol

i think i'll do that, unless i can get them to swap the sensors over with the rebuild kit for them for free... not sure if that will fly lol

 

[YelloEye]

Discount tire does a rebuild kit every time I've gotten tires from them, they should swap for free, don't recall of the rebuild kit was free but it was cheap at the most.

I would hate the TPMS light and having the notification pop up every time you start the car.

I'll be getting a second set of TPMS sensors for the NA wheels.

 

[bluebaltz]

^ yeah i've been rolling all my options on that for a while now. my plan (depending on price) 'was' to build a pvc pipe pressure vessel to store the sensors in lol! & them leave the pipe in the trunk or something. would get rid of the light & wouldn't have to pay anything... still trying to iron out all the costs though. ideally having a set in both sets of rims would be awesome, i'm kinda against the whole 'government knows best' lol cause i can check my own tires haha!

 

[YelloEye]

IIRC they have to spin to know to transmit and some to charge.

 

[bluebaltz]

ahhhh cool! if they charge themselves, i'd be very inclined to have them reinstall them! i may call them again lol - i bet 'Kevin' @ firestone is sick of hearing form me lol

i'd like to use them, but discount tire my get the purchase if they will treat good me like the did you yello

 

[YelloEye]

I've never liked Firestone, they always tell you services that your vehicle "needs". Sure, it might, but I can take care of that when I feel like it, and certainly don't need a tirejocky telling me how to maintain my car.

 

[bluebaltz]

i know exactly what you mean! i hate the new ones that try to hard sell lol!
but they know not to do that to me now lol

discount tire doesn't do anything except tires & rims right?

 

[YelloEye]

Yep. That's why I go there.

 

[bluebaltz]

awesome, gonna get some basic rims sent this way & i'll go ahead with discount tire all the way this time. i should've done it a few weeks ago. we're getting all kinda a snow here lol

 

[YelloEye]

They're calling for a chance of snow here, hell must have froze over. The Seahawks did win the Superbowl

 

[bluebaltz]

hahahaha! lol that's a good one lol!

and i did manage to put my order in at discount. got my basic 5 spoke 17*7 rims on the way for cheap. i'll be tinkering with the color, figure it's time for me to learn how to paint auto grade wheels & calipers anyway lol

gonna get some pirellis with bad-ass siping lol! 225/45/17 should be much improved traction! the guy kept saying 'you need 215's for that rim', & i said if the 225s fit, put em on!

and since the tpms rebuild was $7 a tire, i thought to myself 'Self, just let them reinstall them.' lol!

 

[bluebaltz]

thought i might just unload these pis for you guys!
oh, Please ignore the spots of wax that i missed lol (was trying to beat sundown haha!)

 

[bluebaltz]

 

[YelloEye]

Looks nice man.

 

[bluebaltz]

i do appreciate it!

should look a lot nicer when painted!

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i'm thinking of painting a mix of gunmetal & bronze... then i figure nobody else will have my rims. ever. lol

 

[YelloEye]

You're going to paint your brand new wheels? Lol