[RESOLVED] help me decide costco - C-Wheels - Steel, Alloy, and Replica Wheels

alanbrenton wrote: ↑ Do steel rims really cost $60 a piece at Costco now?

Should I just opt for something else instead, like the $124.99. I was told by @engineered a few months ago that some of these rims will be more durable that those steelies but I think steelies easier to bend back in shape, if that's even acceptable lol.

https://www.c-wheels.ca/en/fitmentsearc ... model=Base

Or where else can I get winter tires mounted to rims at lower cost, including balancing.

evosero wrote: ↑ I debated this myself, but went with steelies because if I did need to replace one, aside from the added $50-60 per rim for alloys, I didn't want a given alloy rim to no longer being in production. It would piss me off a thousand times more to have one odd-out rim then to have all steelies.

A car is difficult to keep clean in the winter anyway, I wash my car at least once a week and even with generally good weather within a couple days it's dirty again. Mud and wet roads take long to dry, or there's always that one road that is somehow still filthy and you can't avoid.

As much as alloy rims may look nicer, the vast majority of other people just won't care, certainly no where near as much as you do. So really, just get what you're fine with in terms of looks, function, cost.

engineered wrote: ↑ Having had steelies in the past, I found that they didn't stay balanced as well. But the main reason is that they will eventually rust away.

georvu wrote: ↑ If getting steelies get oem from dealership at beginning of winter season when that have promo on them... usually about $20 more then costco... but unless someone corrects these will be better quality then Costco steelies.

About 4-5 years got the C-wheels replicas from Costco... did not know much about rims back then [still don't!! ] so just got the cheapest ones as don't really care about esthetics... this is going on vehicle that will be driven thru snow, dirty water, etc.

Anyways when went to switch over to all seasons the local garage mechanic mentioned how the replicas we got did not look sturdy [too much open space and stress areas with little support] and that see them often cracked.

YET, several years later and no issues with C-wheels.

Another option if can wait is discount tire when they have promos [usually around several holidays throughout year] with purchase of 4.

sickcars wrote: ↑ Another option for alloys, I run the FC04 in the winter - https://www.fastwheels.ca/categories.aspx

xeoreg wrote: ↑ +1 for Fast FC04, I also have a set. Flow formed, relatively cheap and can be bought easily in the GTA...looks are subjective.

As a bonus to OP, I also happen to have a set of Flow formed Konigs. Konigs are not very common in wheel shops in the GTA for some reason and even if they carry them selection might be very limited. I had to special order mine through Jspec Performance in Scarborough for a very specific set in a very specific color and it took 3 weeks to arrive.

Are these summer or winter wheels? Konigs are pretty expensive for winter wheels in my opinion.