Winter wheel choice - poll

[Gabe]

Looking into 18's for the ride for the winter.

Going on tirerack.com, choosing the Brembo-pkg Mustang, then choosing "Winter" allows me to pick an 18" snow tire then move over to 18" wheels.
This is the only way I can have that web site allow me to choose 18's for the Brembo-pkg car.

So anyway,
I've narrowed it down to 2 Sport Edition wheels, and I think I like the 5-spoke design better, mostly because of being easier to clean.

What do you guys think?
The 5-spoke TX8, multi-spoke F10, or a different rim altogether?

If a different choice, please recommend which one, but please have it be in the same price range of up-to-about $150/rim.

Thanks guys (and gals )


1. Sport Edition TX8 18x8 40mm offset $155 each

2. Sport Edition F10 18x8 40mm offset $134 each

 

[wckdgt]

i voted #2,

 

[GallopingFord]

I voted "other" I would put all season/winter tires on your 19's and then buy something nicer than stock for the "nice" seasons.

I get that you probably have tires with substantial tread life on your 19's but I would do it that way and the sell the used Pirelli's.

 

[rcm90]

I voted "other" I would put all season/winter tires on your 19's and then buy something nicer than stock for the "nice" seasons.

I get that you probably have tires with substantial tread life on your 19's but I would do it that way and the sell the used Pirelli's.

This is what I did. Bought blizzacks last winter for the cold and remounted the Pirelli's to wear them out over this past summer and bought 20" TSW Valancia's for next summer.

 

[Gabe]

Yeah, right now I'm actually shopping for 19" snow tires to install on the OEM rims, then gonna look for 20's for the summer ...

So this thread is a nice little exercise, but I'm most likely not gonna end up with either one of the rims above ... lol


Front-runner in the 19" snow tire category - sized 245/45R19 for a slightly narrower/taller tire - is the Pirelli Winter Carving Edge, but also looking into the Dunlop Graspic DS3 and maybe the Dunlop Winter Sport 3D

 

[DPHC13]

I would find some stock rims and put snow tires on them. Look hard enough and you can find great deals... I found some 2008 fan blade rims for 40 bucks. They need tires but hell I cant get the center caps for 40 bucks.

 

[skwerl]

Craigslist can be a treasure trove for finding cheap stock wheels, often with tires on them.