RIM ?'s

[notmade 10+ year member]

alright so i got a 2005 Pontiac Sunfire (i know its not a great car but its my first and was givin to me) anyways im pretty sure im going to trow some rims on it, nothing fancy or expensive but just somthing better then the big grey plastic things that came on it, the car is red so i would like to get some black rims and tint the windows, anyways i want to know is are les schwabs wheels decent? and i always hear of people taking off their rims in the winter, so should i wait untill after winter or does it matter? BTW i live in oregon where there is maybe a inch of snow 2 days of the year

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[tapout 5,000+ posts]

rims are cool. Specifically on Sunfires. Rule is...

No rims after Labor Day or before Memorial Day.

 

[notmade 10+ year member]

Rule is...
No rims after Labor Day or before Memorial Day

i know this is a dumb ? but if you dont mind me asking why is this

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

snow

 

[notmade 10+ year member]

ok thanks, so are les schwabs wheels any good?

 

[ShiningBuick 10+ year member]

If they're simply black with NO CHROME, you should be fine running them in winter. Perhaps wash them semi-often. The problem with chrome is it's a finicky finish, and the salt they put down on the roads for snow damages it (the snow sticking to the rims don't help either, lol).

If it's black with a chrome lip then if there's salt out, your stock rims sohuld be on.

Les Schwab wheels are probably good... I've never heard of people with after market rims breaking them, etc. As long as it fits and isn't made out of like.. aluminum foil. The tires are what should be the most quality part.

 

[notmade 10+ year member]

kool they will be black as i think it would look alot better on the car, thanks everyone

 

[RipDaJacka]

a sunfire? are u a chick?

jk yea ur rims should be fine, just keep em clean

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

Sorry to derail the thread, but talking of chrome+ the salt made me think. Would polished/anno'd aluminum or powder coated rims be any different? Salt safe? In other words

 

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

PC will help quite a bit, but anno'ing doesn't really changes the properties of the metal, so the effect would be similar to that of bare metal. PC is quite chemical resistant, and pretty solid, so it's fairly difficult to damage.

Although, red/black is heinous. Red cars need gun metal or silver wheels. Or GOOD chrome.

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

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[ShiningBuick 10+ year member]

I'd imagine powder coated is **** tough, like they said. People run the stockers in the winter with no problems, custom suspension lift pieces and the like tend to be powdercoated from what I've seen and stand up just fine to all those adverse conditions.

I used run RC trucks quite a bit, and aluminum hop-up parts were usually anoodized, that annodizing liked to wear off/get scratched no problem, and some high power cleaner would eat it right off, so yea I wouldn't trust my annodized rims to road salt.