‘19 Prime Advanced mods

be careful with 17's ride quality will likely be worse. handling/performance will be slightly better, but comfort aka soft ride will be worse.
having had fancy alloys for years on bmw's mercedes cadillac. i like the soft ride of a taller tire in a normal car.
sports car?? fine, it has to have high performance wheels.
daily driver?? regular wheels is nicer ride, easier to maintain , less expensive.
i like having a hubcap, if wife scuffs the wheel its a 25 dollar hubcap , not a 200 -500 dollar repair/replacement.
tires are mucho cheap for the 15's.
easier to damage a 17 vs the 15, potholes, etc, need a new wheel. ugh.
alloy corrodes and gets ugly, has to be refinished. cheapo hubcap covers that up nicely!
only complaint i had about my clk430 i had for 19yrs was the low profile tires, and they were only 17's !!! i must have had 12 wheels refinished over the years and replaced 3 due to damage.

 

gorgeous, all the best!

 

sounds like a plan. most dont spring for the extra tpms sensors for the snow rims. the tpms warning blinks for a minute and then stops, its not that annoying for a few months in the winter the sensors are expensive

 

pressure drop on the 15's shouldnt be a big problem, you will feel if a tire gets low, squishy wiggly ride.
and you will see a low tire.
weekly is a bit of overkill, i would go monthly with new wheels /tires.
i start to check more frequently when the tires are 5+ years old and wheels are old corroded.
might not happen for ten years with just the few months of use on the winter wheels.
wash them and let them dry every spring when putting away.

 

i agree, put the snow tires on the original wheels, no reason to get rid of them for steel wheels...

 

After having 17 inch rims on my previous Prius, I was really glad to move back down to the 15 inch rims on the Prime. I felt that the 17 inch rims looked nice and handled incrementally better, but really sacrificed fuel economy and gave a rough ride. For a commute car like a Prime, the 15 inch rims will let you soak up torn up streets in the city without breaking a sweat.

Now, if the car is meant to be an enthusiast car, that's a different story!

 

The only Toyota wheels that look nice are the European ones. The ones under the hubcaps are bad, the ones posted above are worse.

 

I know...what I said still stands.

 

I just said the Toyota ones were ugly - the one under the hub cap and the one you posted. The European one is quite nice, in my opinion.

 

Remove the hubcaps and see fine looking alloy wheels underneath! Add center caps and you are set!