New rims?
Our tires are coming up for 7 years old and I'm planning to replace them. How many of you buy new wheels to go with new tires or am I just wasting money? My current wheels are steel rims at same age as tires. Thanks for any advice.
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- I replaced my old white spoke last year after 8 years of dealing with 2 rims with a slow leak
I had to get new tires so I got some nice aluminum rims with steel stems and no more leaks.
I bought some chrome hub covers for the white spoke rims to cover the hubs and lug nuts that were 16 bucks a piece and lost 2 of them so finally
got tired of it and got new rims. - My steel wheels were showing the age of time so before I got new tires I took them off,wire brushed them up real good, rattle can sprayed them them clear coated that and called it good. They look like new and no over spray on tires.:B While they were changing the tires out I found a label on the inside that showed they were good for 110psi.:C
- My BIL just went threw the same dilemma ,, he sanded and painted... Added chrome center caps and new shinny lug nuts.. Looks like a new trailer !!! Well ok,, not really , but it does look awesome!!
- Wasting your money. Do you replace the rims on your cars every 7 years? Touch up any rust and keep using.
- With our new trailer I had to buy new rims since we went with a larger diameter tire. Purchased them from Discount Tire for $100 each in addition to getting new tires and metal valve stems. Sold the stock wheels and tires for an amount equal to the price of the new rims. I was amazed with how many calls I got for the stock rims/ tires off a Craigslist Ad.
You just need a zero off-set and, important, make sure the hub cap/ center cap will clear your hubs. We bought some Visions and their cap was too short; I had to go MacGyver and make them work. - Hated those white spokes. Spent about $15 for a set of hubcaps from Kmart. Cheap fix but if I had the money I would go with new rims.
- I painted and add color matching stripes to the ones on my old TT
2oldman wrote:
You're not wasting money if you get some really cool looking ones.
Funny- when I say that to my Husband per my latest household doodads he rolls his eyes like a teenager- :@.....;)- You're not wasting money if you get some really cool looking ones.
