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19's or 20's...ride quality, roads...weather

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Old 09-16-2010, 09:42 PM
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19's or 20's...ride quality, roads...weather

I'm deciding between 19 and 20 in rim/tire combo and would like experienced opinions. I have read almost every post on here on this subject.

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All season performance tires

Quality rims that won't bend under normal (sometimes hard :-) driving conditions

Able to handle road conditions in Midwest (US). May occassionally drive light snow.

Quality on-line rim retailer that knows offsets

Thanks in advance!
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Forget online rim retailers, you need a quality local shop that will guarantee fitment or exchange if they rub.

Too many people buy rims online and end up with the wrong offsets/caliper clearance etc. Then they either need to sell them , or buy spacers which defeats the whole point of buying online for cost savings vs. getting the right rims in the first place Its worth paying $100-200 more at a local shop.

Whether you run 19s or 20s youll probably be using 35 series high performance tires , which arent good in the snow. Save your stock rims with some winter tires for that.

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