ifiddles
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Looks nice...what is it?
Any GTAM'ers own an electric vehicle?
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Mitsubishi
Outlander PHEV Noir. Only way I could get something that wasn’t greyscale or blue.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t come with the brown seats. Still learning how it works, but it drives well.
Is there any issue that I’m not aware of about getting fancier rims over steelies?
I was looking at these:
ART REPLICA ONE GLOSS BLACK 18X8 +35 5X114.3MM 66.1MM
.They were recommended by WheellWiz an online supplier.I ‘d also need to figure out doing TPMS sensors and getting the car to accept them.
The Mitsubishi shop offered a $2,200 plus tax special or ice guards with steelies and sensors installed and programmed.
As long as wheels clear the brakes and the offset isn't ridiculous, steel or alloy is a personal preference. Steel is uglier (especially a few years later) but survives impacts better. I used to run snows on steelies but lately just buy alloys with snows from people that have sold their cars. You can't notice the difference inside the car (other than narrower snow tires perform noticeably better).
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I’ve still got two young adult males returning from uni that drive our vehicles at times during the winter. We go with steel and appropriate wheel covers and it has saved us a couple of times just last winter. One rim replacement and the other was a minor scuff that would have broke an alloy rim. One of the boys paid for a rim and alignment and the other got away with the cost of an alignment.
Once the nest is truly just the missus and I, I’ll consider wheels that better suit the vehicle’s cosmetics.
What I have done is look up stock wheels for the vehicle on market place and been pleasantly surprised to find them at a reason price and good condition.
Can’t offer advice on after market stuff.
Once the nest is truly just the missus and I, I’ll consider wheels that better suit the vehicle’s cosmetics.
What I have done is look up stock wheels for the vehicle on market place and been pleasantly surprised to find them at a reason price and good condition.
Can’t offer advice on after market stuff.
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Seriously considering getting a second Equinox. EV much as I hate having two vehicles the same there doesn't seem to be anything else out there comparable. I'm not interested in anything South Korean or Tesla and we love the supercruise
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I'd look at the Mach E
Blue cruise doesn't have nearly the roads of supercruise unfortunately price is also higher.
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Maybe Blazer or one of the Cadillacs to have more-or-less the same but different? I see quite a few Cadillac Lyriqs out there.
The Bolt got some stuff fixed. 104 000 km. Left front wheel bearing and left front stabiliser end-link have both been making noise for a while; replaced those today. Wheel bearing was about $80 for a genuine GM one (it's the same one that a bunch of other models use). End-links are a known weak point on these cars; "the internet" has found a close-enough Moog replacement with steel ball-end housings complete with grease nipples instead of the cheap plastic OEM ends, so I bought one of those ($56). And I replaced a burned-out reverse-lamp bulb. All this was pretty easily changed out in the driveway. Most of the original quiet has returned ... main problem now is that the tires (OEM ... can't complain) are pretty much done.
Stuff like this is the same with an EV as with any other car.
Congrats on the Mitsubishi.
I've always just gone with steel wheels for winter. They're cheap and light and since the vehicle usually looks dirty it's not a big deal if they look rough. Costco has some good deals on steelies, that's where I got my last set.
Plus, the steelies make me look like a serious wintererer...
I've always just gone with steel wheels for winter. They're cheap and light and since the vehicle usually looks dirty it's not a big deal if they look rough. Costco has some good deals on steelies, that's where I got my last set.
Plus, the steelies make me look like a serious wintererer...
Just give the steelies a quick touchup with some black Tremclad when you put them away in the Spring and they'll keep from looking nasty. I also bought a set of black lugs to use in the winter that can both match the steelies and take the salt abuse over the chrome oem's.
On a related note, most alloys want ball nuts and most steelies want cones. Crap shops will say you don't need proper nuts but f that.
PMC tire lends you a cloning tool if you buy there or I just do a relearn every time with a cheap Amazon learning tool.
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AFAIK, there’s programming and there’s relearning. Some sensors need to be programmed first by a scan tool for the vehicle platform, then relearned to wheel position on that vehicle. In my case for the Honda, the factory ones had to have both done, but some aftermarket ones were already programmed and had only needed to be relearned by a $15 tool that you hold to the wheel and complete the process on each wheel by waiting for a horn honk.
I got a ride in a Ford Capri EV in Valencia yesterday. Sharp looking vehicle, Mach E interior style although harder plastics and cheaper looking centre screen. Polestar-like. Also a BYD Atto 3. Most impressive one so far for me is the BYD Seal. Tesla 3 styling and very nice interior. Have pics but need to be resized so that will have to wait.
Massive flooding here with torrential rain. Going to be a lazy day with little exploring.
Massive flooding here with torrential rain. Going to be a lazy day with little exploring.
Tried Kaltire here, since they could clone the sensors. It’d be cheaper to buy a TPMs programmer, I expect.
Showed me the “retail” price of rims and gave me a hefty discount, which made them almost $150 more each than I’d priced them out on wheelwhiz.ca.
Showed me the “retail” price of rims and gave me a hefty discount, which made them almost $150 more each than I’d priced them out on wheelwhiz.ca.
Is there ever a point at which plugging in and unplugging your car becomes too much and you take the ice car for convenience?
p.s. Canadian Tire said they didn’t have rims to fit mine. It also doesn’t show my make/model in their system. I think it shows the U.S. non PHEV model, which is different, instead.
Going to see if the dealer can get decent looking rims and non Japanese tires. Otherwise, I’ll have to settle for the Yokohamas on steelies, and paint them black every Spring.
p.s. Canadian Tire said they didn’t have rims to fit mine. It also doesn’t show my make/model in their system. I think it shows the U.S. non PHEV model, which is different, instead.
Going to see if the dealer can get decent looking rims and non Japanese tires. Otherwise, I’ll have to settle for the Yokohamas on steelies, and paint them black every Spring.
I am thinking that most people take the warm, clear windshield, cheap to drive car instead of the one that is an ice cube, will take minutes standing outside to clear and will take more minutes to get warm (and may be low so you get to spend minutes outside at a gas station). If the cost of that is plug/unplug, that seems like a small price to pay.
Plugging is like 10 seconds and becomes a habit our chargers are in front of the house right where we park.
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