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: New shoes !!!!


carlnorum
03-05-2008, 11:05 PM
What size wheels/tires did you go with?

COMFORT ZONE
03-06-2008, 05:19 AM
Wheels:
20' Pasati chrome 25c

Tires:
Kuhmo ECSTA sport

They installed my factory sensors and filled the tires with nitrogen. I do not notice the stiffness I was warned about when I first inquired about adding bigger wheels and tires. You do feel potholes a little more than before, but barely. They do make the car feel more agile. Since it has a bigger footprint, it feels much quicker when you change lanes at higher speeds. I test drove an XLR with 22's on it, before I bought mine. It rode like a covered wagon. The wheel dealer in town said that if I stuck with 20's or lower, they could set them to factory specs and there should not be much ride difference.

harrysxlr
03-06-2008, 12:15 PM
Today, the XLR got new wheels and tires. They look great !!!
537

Windows get tinted in the morning....

You can go to http://wheelenvizio.com/?wheel=Envizio and put in the year and color of your car and see what it will look like with different wheels. Pretty neat website.

I`m sure they are looking great:thumbs

I changed mine with XLR V wheels from Bob`s (standby on this forum) 06 V. Wheels and tires (245`s front - 255`s rear fit perfect) only thing I`ve had to change was the TPM valves because the 2006 valves didn`t match my 04`s board computer.

Hans

carlnorum
03-06-2008, 01:04 PM
Are the XLR-V rims wider than the regular XLR rims to put the wider tires on?

harrysxlr
03-07-2008, 01:26 AM
Are the XLR-V rims wider than the regular XLR rims to put the wider tires on?
Carl,
the stock wheels are 18 x 8 - the XLR V wheels are 19 x 8.5

I`ve made a mistake at the post above!!!!!:banghead

I have front tire size 235/45 19 and rear 255/40 19. I`ll get a little confused because my new STS V got 255`s on front and 275`s on back.

Hans