Another Wheel / Tire change thread.... Using this as a quick reference thread for others looking to change their wheels / tires to show what has worked. My combo: Konig Lightning Blue Wheel with Machined Lip (15x7"/4x100mm) : Amazon.com : Automotive Anodized Aluminum Alloy Valve Stem Cap 4 pack Set Blue : Amazon.com : Automotive Muteki BLUE SR48 Extended Open End Lug Nuts 12x1.5mm : Amazon.com : Automotive Yokohama AVID Ascend P195/60R15 88H BSW - tires-easy.com Images: Single tire/wheel mounted: IMG_20130426_164155.jpg - Google Drive Driver's side of finished job: IMG_20130426_170946.jpg - Google Drive To Do: Images of how close the tire gets to the wheel-well when turned fully in either direction. Did not detect any rubbing so far. Lost too much daylight to get a decent shot the day I got them mounted. Change in Wheel / Tire... (15"x7" w/ 195/60R15s) | PriusChat Images are links because I suck at the googles, and too tired to figure it out right now. -Steve
Yokohama AVID Ascend H speed rated tires: Yokohama AVID Ascend P195/60R15 88H BSW - tires-easy.com They're doing pretty good so far. Managed to pull a left turn at 37 MPH with the wheel all the way over and not even a squeak surprisingly.
Honestly don't know. Didn't think to weigh it. Not seeing any noticeable change in my MPG for my normal haunts so far. Will find out on the first day back to work if there was a change though.
So far +/- 2 MPG from what I was seeing previously to my usual stops. I'd call it no change. Giving them a week to break in before casting judgement though.
I let these things break in, and in the process my wife decided that one of my wheels needed to be dented slightly and jumped a curb with it. Thanks hun. Over the stock Turanza EL400-02 Tire | Bridgestone Tires 175/65R15 84H tires, I've noticed a 2-4 MPG gain in ~35MPH average city driving, and a 1-2 MPG loss in ~70MPH highway driving. I delayed posting this just to verify what I was seeing. There's no mistake, my daily commute that involves 45 minutes of <5MPH gate traffic and 20 minutes of 35MPH city streets is coming up consistent on this. My 40 minute highway commute is seeing the same average all 8 times I've done it so far. The following links are pictures of a 3oz WD-40 spray can wedged in between the tire and the wheel well to show the amount of room that the tires have at FULL deflection. I had my wife holding the steering wheel in place to prevent it from turning back that tiny bit that it does when released, so this is as far over as I can get it. The results were the same on both sides of the vehicle. If there's other things you want to see, drop me a line and I'll snap 'em. IMG_20130503_165135.jpg - Google Drive IMG_20130503_165228.jpg - Google Drive IMG_20130503_165024.jpg - Google Drive IMG_20130503_165242.jpg - Google Drive -Steve
Finally got some decent rain to test wet traction with these tires with. So far, hitting puddles does slow it down as expected, but getting the car to hydroplane so far has been fairly difficult. Taking a 18 foot diameter 90 degree turn at 35MPH and I didn't even feel it try to skid sideways. I'll have to put a few thousand miles on it and see how it does then.
Decided I didn't like the look of silver calipers and black drums, so I "fixed" it. There's a few other things I want to do to finish out the exterior. The two visible ones are the glowing Toyota badge for the hood, and a shark fin antenna for the top. Not sure I like having a rubber ducky when trusting someone else to run my car through the automatic car wash. IMG_20130605_165316.jpg - Google Drive IMG_20130605_173357.jpg - Google Drive IMG_20130605_161316.jpg - Google Drive IMG_20130605_172859.jpg - Google Drive IMG_20130605_143348.jpg - Google Drive IMG_20130605_153641.jpg - Google Drive -Steve
Still not back yet and won't be back for awhile. Definitely missing my C. So many things to do to it when I return
