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Old May 2, 2019 | 04:04 PM
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My new EX with it's new shoes.

2019 EX, Just swapped out the stock shoes with Velox Apex wheels (13 pounds!) and Yokohama Avid Ascend tires. The dust is because of the gravel driveway I live at the end of. Had it for less than a week and I'm still getting used to all the new stuff, got my first taste of the automatic headlights last night. Black wouldn't have been my first choice, but the other option would have been silver with added leather, and my car spends a fair amount of time sitting in the sun, so leather is right out as an option.

 
Old May 2, 2019 | 05:25 PM
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Looks great! And wow, those are light! Did you weigh the wheel and tire combination against the stock unit?
 
Old May 2, 2019 | 05:32 PM
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I did not. I forgot to ask the tire place if they could weigh one of them before mounting.
 
Old May 8, 2019 | 11:24 PM
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So according to my scale the stock wheels+tires are 43 pounds. According to Discount Tire's website the total weight of my new setup is 32 pounds. So I may have dropped 11 pounds per corner.
 
Old May 9, 2019 | 09:15 AM
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So according to my scale the stock wheels+tires are 43 pounds. According to Discount Tire's website the total weight of my new setup is 32 pounds. So I may have dropped 11 pounds per corner.
That is a good amount of weight loss. If only it were as easy for me to lose that weight.
 
Old May 9, 2019 | 04:36 PM
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Wheels and car look great. Nice weight savings too.
 
Old Jun 29, 2020 | 08:01 PM
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Wheels look great especially on the black.
 
Old Jun 29, 2020 | 11:50 PM
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Thanks. I even got another set of the wheels for my snow tires.
 
Old Jun 30, 2020 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by fredgiblet
.............swapped out the stock shoes with Velox Apex wheels (13 pounds!) and Yokohama Avid Ascend tires. ...............
👍💯. Great upgrade!!!
 
Old Dec 14, 2020 | 12:37 AM
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Rough Roads And Potholes.

Wheels look great. How do these wheels do on rough roads and potholes?
 
Old Dec 14, 2020 | 01:55 PM
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Our roads aren't generally that bad, but I did drive over a curb by accident about a month after I got them and chipped one of them. I didn't have to replace it.
 
Old Dec 20, 2020 | 03:20 AM
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Rough Roads And Potholes.

The roads and alleys around me are pretty bad. These wheels would be destroyed in about a month.
 
Old Dec 22, 2020 | 05:34 PM
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My 2016 EX also with winters.
I'm sure many of you will recognize the wheels
Much easier to find tires than the stock 16's (185/65/15 has far more brands and models to choose from).
Set of 4 was only 240 (wheels and tires)!

 

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