Originally Posted By: HangFire
Originally Posted By: JTK
If the vehicle is equipped with TPMS, the winter (or summer) set of wheels with tires can be a pain and can be a big expenditure at first if you want to keep the TPMS dash light out.
I just put up with the light for the 3.5 months a year I'm running the Winter tires.
One of the joys of owning a Corolla is the 15" tires and wheels are cheap. I got 4 steel wheels and 4 General Altimax Arctic's for a total of just over $400, mounted and balanced, about 3 years ago. It was some deal where I got $100 off by buying through eBay. I think DTD is running that special again right now. Had them delivered to my local tire shop, they found the wheels for me and did the mount and balance, and I picked them up in my pickup.
Cheap steel wheels are great.
Friend of mine has a Scion iQ. 14" steelies for that car are $35 a pop -- not much more than mounting and balancing new tires. So, when it needs new tires, he just buys a new set of steelies with tires from Tire Rack with free mounting and balancing, and has them shipped to his house. Much more convenient, and he can sell the old steelies afterward.