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16 in steel wheels for 9-5 Posted by magalar [Email] (#1325) [Profile/Gallery] (more from magalar) on Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:53:44 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I remember reading on this BB that some people were looking for 16 inches steel wheels and hubcaps to put on a 9-5.
Well, I just did that last week. I bought some 16 in black wheels (apparently from a Saturn L200) that features big round windows. Then I went to my friendly SAAB dealer and installed the hubcaps from a 2005 9-3. The fun part is that the wheels and hubcaps are perfeclty matched together, windows for windows, and that no snow can get between the hubcap and the wheel.
And they look great, to such an extent that a friend of mine asked if these were new mags. No, he's not blind...
Price was fair: wheels 70$ each, hubcaps 38$ each. No need to change the bolts.
Tires are Semperit Sport Grip H-rated 205/60R16 92H (95$). So far, they are nice tires, quiet and comfortable. Traction (on wet cold snowy tarmac) is just fair but, however, I am spoiled from my other car, a genuine Audi quattro 1983 with studded Pirellis and 2 lockable diffs...
All prices are in Canadian dollars.
I also added these black plastic bolt caps (http://www.saabcatalog.com/retail/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=Saab+Catalog&category%5Fname=Drive9395%3AWheel+Bolt+Caps&Page=1) to finish the job.
If you have a VW dealer nearby, they sell the same caps (flat black) for 50 cent each... Ask for 321 601 173A.
Au revoir,
magalar
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