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Re: Aftermarket Wheels
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Posted by Andy S [Email] (more from Andy S) on Tue, 9 Mar 2004 08:52:36 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: Aftermarket Wheels, TomChristopher, Tue, 9 Mar 2004 06:19:42
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Hi. I live in central NH and have a 95 900s. The wheels that came on the car were the factory 15" alloys (pretty boring). The previous owner had hit a pothole or two with those rims, so had small dings in them, so I used them for the snowtires in the winter and they're fine.

I bought a set of aftermarket (Fondmetal) 15" alloys for the summer tires, and I had a bunch of issues with vibrations, etc, even though they balanced up smooth with no lateral or radial runout. The issue was that the center bore hole of the wheel was bigger than the hub it had to fit over, and even with hub spacers it never seemed to seat just right.

I replaced those aftermarket wheels with a set of steel 15" wheels from eEuroparts (so I could reuse the 15" michelin's I had bought). The car rides like a dream now since the wheels are correct. I'm a bit backwards, however, that I use alloys in the winter for the snows and steel with wheelcovers in the summer. But this is my Son's car so I'm not dumping big bucks for alloys on it, and trying to keep that 15" on there to use the good tires I got plus reduce the potential pothole dents on the wheels are the reason I stick.

Personally, if you want alloys, I'd replace one to match the other 3, or get a set of 4 matching OEMs from like Ebay or something. I don't think I'd go down the aftermarket avenue again...

andy

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