Re: buying discontinued wheels

Jeff Strickland wrote:

I would buy the BMW M-Coutours instead of ANY aftermarket, and then stay
away from the shit that scratches the rims. It really is not very
difficult, I've been driving for nearly 40 years and the only scratched
rim I've ever owned is one that I got off of eBay.

Yabbut, you live in the land of ultra wide boulevards and (relatively)
smooth roads. Driving the same car in any of the old eastern cities
where the roads were once cart paths is a whole 'nother thing. I tend
to stick with higher profile tires on my cars that I intend to drive in
and around Boston. Low profile, high performance tires and wheels will
not stand up to the abuse of just driving down the road in these cities,
even if you don't bang into curbs.

The roads in my home state (New Hampshire) are *far* superior and I have
no problem with 17" wheels and 45 profile tires here. I just don't take
that car into Beantown.

--
-Fred W

<sportrider90 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

I really
like the contours but replacing one will be a pain unless i buy a set
plus one or two extra....

Just buy 5 of them (keep one as a spare). That's what I did when I was
getting a set of wheels from TireRack that were being discontinued.

Pete

"bfd" wrote

How often do people bend or crack wheels?

Depends on the road quality and on the size of the rim/tire. We're talking
about large rims on low profile tires here - they're relatively easy to
damage.

Pete