I was gonna post a topic saying how great my car was running today. I almost called Airgate just to say my car was running unbelievably. It just pulled awesome. So I drive into the car wash to shine it up before the races. As I'm dryin' it off I notice something shiney on my right rear tire. Nail. Damnit. Go over to my buddies house and while I'm looking a little closer I see ANOTHER one! Damnit again!! Ok over to mommy dearest cause she's right around the corner and take the rim off. OK Four God d@mn nails in one tire. I'm pissed. I'm over it. I'm sick of the 17s anyway. They are officially for sale. I guess I'll be holding off on the intake and exhaust and I'm looking for some new rims. these are my old ones:

for sale. 800 bucks with tires.
Anyway, I'm thinking CP-035s, Motegi Formula 5s, TE-37s, or maybe CP-10s. Opinions? I need to know widths and offsets and pics would be appreciated too. Thanks guys.

 

what size are they? offsets? and type of tires?

 

they are 17 by 7.5 all the way around. 215 front and 235 rear yokohama A-520s. I just put the damn rear tires on 3 days ago. Now I got 3 holes in one of 'em (one nail didn't go all the way through). I don't remember the offsets off hand

 

Are you sure you weren't a victim of sabotage? In which case - the wheel size would not matter.

 

Four nails in one tyre sounds VERY suspicious!

 

I'm sure some little sh!t threw a bunch of nails somewhere around the car wash. I know it's not the rims fault. This is just my excuse to get some new rims.

 

How heavy are the rims w/o tires? I am assuming heavier than stock?

 

I couldn't give you numbers. maybe try E-mailing Konig. They actually feel about the same

 

Konig Rhythm 7x17 Silver 20.9 lbs
I just went to the site and looked 'em up.
They still for sale?

-V

 

coulda been worse, last year I blew two tires in one incident! At least you only have to replace one tire...imagine if the four nails EACH picked a different tire!

Still, sorry to hear about that tho, especially on new tires. I now get road wear warranties on my tires so if such a thing happens, I pretty much get a new one for really cheap. had to replace a Dunlop SP9000 (retail $150 approx) on my Acura a few months ago and it cost me $10.