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Complete newbie to purchasing rims. Did some research regarding rim sizes, brands, measurements, but a little confused still. Hoping for some extra insight or direction.
Few items that may help with input:
-2017 Hatchback EX (sonic grey pearl), keeping suspension stock.
-Live in Los Angeles, roads vary from smooth to bumpy as hell, depending on the area. My typical commute is a bit of both but also about 30 minutes of freeway driving @ 40mph to 60mph. No major potholes unless it ends up raining a centimeter, then it's pothole metropolis.
-Would like to focus on handling/grip rather than performance.
-Really set on bronze-ish rims just because of the car color.
-Budget: max ~$700 for just the rims.
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1. Looking into Avid1 AV6 rims in bronze. Either 17" or 18". I've read the main difference is the look and the ride roughness. Taking into consideration of the roads, would 17" make more sense? Or is the difference really negligible, pending tires?
2. whether 17" or 18" looking at widths of 8 or 8.5. From my understanding, the wider, the better handling but also depending on the width it opens up more tire options? Does it really make a difference between the two?
3. Tires: I am just lost. It seems tire specs really matter when dropping the car and having an aggressive offset, but when sticking to stock, not so much? The stock tires on my Civic Hatch seemed perfectly fine to me, would like to keep the same if possible, but taking into consideration the roads, what would be an okay size? My stock has the continentals (forgot the exact type though) that came with it.
4. If I were to purchase my rims and tires tomorrow, do i need anything else at all? Read I don't need any TPMS monitors. But what about anything else, like new lug nuts, center caps or I keep reading about center rings and just got so confused what would be actually needed to walk into a shop and have them installed.
5. Would it be dumb to pop my stock tires on new rims at this point? They have 35k on them, but still decent tread.
6. How much consideration should I take if I expect my car to be filled with 5 people? Would that affect any decisions I need to make for the rims or tires? Or is it a non-issue since keeping stock.
7. I've read Avid1 brand isn't the best quality, but decent for the price. If I were to take a 300 mile road trip in them, would the heat be a major issue? Should I look elsewhere?
8. Anything else I need to consider?
Appreciate any and all input on this for such a newbie!
Few items that may help with input:
-2017 Hatchback EX (sonic grey pearl), keeping suspension stock.
-Live in Los Angeles, roads vary from smooth to bumpy as hell, depending on the area. My typical commute is a bit of both but also about 30 minutes of freeway driving @ 40mph to 60mph. No major potholes unless it ends up raining a centimeter, then it's pothole metropolis.
-Would like to focus on handling/grip rather than performance.
-Really set on bronze-ish rims just because of the car color.
-Budget: max ~$700 for just the rims.
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1. Looking into Avid1 AV6 rims in bronze. Either 17" or 18". I've read the main difference is the look and the ride roughness. Taking into consideration of the roads, would 17" make more sense? Or is the difference really negligible, pending tires?
2. whether 17" or 18" looking at widths of 8 or 8.5. From my understanding, the wider, the better handling but also depending on the width it opens up more tire options? Does it really make a difference between the two?
3. Tires: I am just lost. It seems tire specs really matter when dropping the car and having an aggressive offset, but when sticking to stock, not so much? The stock tires on my Civic Hatch seemed perfectly fine to me, would like to keep the same if possible, but taking into consideration the roads, what would be an okay size? My stock has the continentals (forgot the exact type though) that came with it.
4. If I were to purchase my rims and tires tomorrow, do i need anything else at all? Read I don't need any TPMS monitors. But what about anything else, like new lug nuts, center caps or I keep reading about center rings and just got so confused what would be actually needed to walk into a shop and have them installed.
5. Would it be dumb to pop my stock tires on new rims at this point? They have 35k on them, but still decent tread.
6. How much consideration should I take if I expect my car to be filled with 5 people? Would that affect any decisions I need to make for the rims or tires? Or is it a non-issue since keeping stock.
7. I've read Avid1 brand isn't the best quality, but decent for the price. If I were to take a 300 mile road trip in them, would the heat be a major issue? Should I look elsewhere?
8. Anything else I need to consider?
Appreciate any and all input on this for such a newbie!
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