In San Diego and looking for OEM(ish) wheels

[phobos2deimos]

Hey guys,
My girl keeps cracking rims and going through expensive tires on her '01 ES. We've got a lot of deep potholes on our street.
Anybody got some cheap OEM steelies that will fit the car? Anything really, as long as it matches, is solid, and is NOT low profile.
Thanks.

[kolio]

tell her to stop running over pot holes. thats why cars have steering wheels

[phobos2deimos]

tell her to stop running over pot holes. thats why cars have steering wheels

Wow, I never thought of that. I appreciate the help.

[o1naturalhigh]

whereabouts in san diego? i got 2 steelies, but the tires are bald as fuck. the other 2 are being used as spares by me and another member here.

[evil-G-nius]

tell her to stop running over pot holes. thats why cars have steering wheels

LOL...I was thinking the same thing. I am guessing though, she doesnt pay attention to what she is doing when she is driving? Get a thicker sidewall tire as wll...that will help

[Joshua42007]

the best resolution to solving this problem is to not let your girl drive your car in the first place.

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[warren]

you can go to the junkard and pay like 14 dollars for one

[beam514]

shoot too bad you're over 2 hours from me. I live in Thousand Oaks and I have a full set of steelies I would give you for free. The only catch is you would have to get the old tires removed yourself (which costs money at most tires places)

[E_Emerson88]

take away her cell phone. then she will pay attention to the road lol

[phobos2deimos]

whereabouts in san diego? i got 2 steelies, but the tires are bald as fuck. the other 2 are being used as spares by me and another member here.

I'm in Linda Vista, right off the 163/8/5. I don't mind if the tires are bald, I can just get some new ones. I'll see if I can hunt down two more...

[phobos2deimos]

shoot too bad you're over 2 hours from me. I live in Thousand Oaks and I have a full set of steelies I would give you for free. The only catch is you would have to get the old tires removed yourself (which costs money at most tires places)

Man that would be sweet. I'm sure I can come up with a reason to head up to LA in the next month or so!
If you don't mind waiting a week or three I'd be happy to take them off your hands.:040:

[phobos2deimos]

you can go to the junkard and pay like 14 dollars for one

I never see them in the JY with tires... always, always on blocks.

[beam514]

yea no problem at all. I go down to OC from time to time too so just let me know when you want to come up, and I might be able to go down too. Just be aware that we attempted to cut the tires to remove them ourselves (which failed) so you're not going to be able to drive on them or anything

[phobos2deimos]

LOL...I was thinking the same thing. I am guessing though, she doesnt pay attention to what she is doing when she is driving? Get a thicker sidewall tire as wll...that will help

She just cracked one of her 19s on this bigass pothole that was dead center on an offramp while doing 50. Couldn'ta really dodged it without really screwing something up.
I'm really just sick of having to drive like a princess to protect these damn tires. Not to mention the cheapest we can find are about $130 a pop. $65 tires on OEM wheels are just fine with me. :D

The 19s don't really help with the cops, either. I've gotten tickets in the galant doing 75 in a 65, but never ever gotten a ticket in my vdub with 16s, even though I drive like a maniac in that thing.

[phobos2deimos]

yea no problem at all. I go down to OC from time to time too so just let me know when you want to come up, and I might be able to go down too. Just be aware that we attempted to cut the tires to remove them ourselves (which failed) so you're not going to be able to drive on them or anything

LOL awesome... Think I can just try using a bigger saw?:040::067:
I will let you know.
THANKS!!!

[beam514]

LOL who knows. It's pretty hard to cut through the steel belt, and the problem we had was right near the edge of the wheel. It's practically impossible to angle a saw to cut that. Anyway at that point we gave up on cutting them and we have been very reluctant to go to a place, pay them to remove the tires and recycle them, then just have steelies sitting around that I'll never use.

[phobos2deimos]

Well once I get 'em we'll see what can be done. Perhaps a cutting wheel or something might do it.
Thanks again.

[o1naturalhigh]

I'm in Linda Vista, right off the 163/8/5. I don't mind if the tires are bald, I can just get some new ones. I'll see if I can hunt down two more...just let me know. or you can go through beam514. whichever suits you.


and I might be able to go down too.you gotta say something, adrian, if you end up coming down. this guy lives in linda vista, so, that's around 15-20 min. from me, galantegz, lucap100is, and dronesurfboard. prolly around 10 min. from cali

[phobos2deimos]

just let me know. or you can go through beam514. whichever suits you.

you gotta say something, adrian, if you end up coming down. this guy lives in linda vista, so, that's around 15-20 min. from me, galantegz, lucap100is, and dronesurfboard. prolly around 10 min. from cali

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

[beam514]

hey bro, I'll be heading down to Mission Viejo this Friday. I don't really want to drive any farther than that, but if you want, I can bring the steelies down with me to Mission Viejo and you can pick them up from there. Let me know

[phobos2deimos]

Got some wheels.
THANKS ADRIAN!

[beam514]

no problem-o :) e-rep donations are greatly appreciated hehe