best place to buy a set of 16'' alloys for a corolla

The Freeman

had a look through the sticky there and can't seem to get a clear idea of where the best places to pick up a set of alloys with tyres included(or package deal) would be in ireland.

saw a few on ebay, and locally there are a few websites there too.

any of ye guys know any local garages in galway or west of ireland or alternatively, websites in ireland or england that would be trustworthy and wouldn't be too taxing on the postage and packaging side?

any advice would be welcome.


i saw a set with tyres for bout 300e on adverts but most of them are 17 inchs, should i be looking to pay 700e or so for 4 descentish wheels and good tyres too?

MarkR

www.wheels.ie is one I used recently to buy a spare alloy.

Do you specifically want aftermarket ones, or would toyota alloys be an option?

Second hand alloys go very cheap, try a few of the modified car websites.

The Freeman

aftermarket as in secondhand ya?

i would be more than willing to go second hand but not sure what to look for if there was something wrong with them, hear ya have to gwet them checked out professionally, if thats the case i would be better off jus buying a new set ya?

i am new to the whole car scene and alloys side of things too as you can see

would ya have tyhe names of the best modifiedcar websites to check out please?

The Freeman

when i get on that site it asks for width, diamater and size, is there anywhere on the whweel or any particular site i should be looking in order to be gaining this info?


apologies fir the frustrated non newbies

colm_mcm

The Corolla G6R has 195/50/15 wheels, so 195/40/16 will be smaller in radius by 5mm.

195/45/16 (which is a cheaper tyre) will be 5mm bigger. I'd go with that.


Here's a Corolla on 195/50/15 tyres.

you should probably lower it. (the car pictured comes lowered as standard)

try www.camskill.co.uk and get a price on tyres, they have a huge choice.
You can get 4 Toyo Proxes delivered for €204. package tyres tend to be cheap crap.

colm_mcm

maybe worth a look?
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/1011972

The Freeman

thanks for the advice there mate, that set of wheels for 390e looks sweet and i'm in cavan on the weeknd too, 'll try and knock him down a bit and see what condition the tyres are in too, and what size they are.

cheers again

The Freeman

colm_mcm wrote: »

maybe worth a look?
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/1011972

oops just realised they are for a differant make as there is room for 8 screws and the toyota has only 4

salamander27

The Freeman wrote: »

oops just realised they are for a differant make as there is room for 8 screws and the toyota has only 4

The eight holes are really two sets of four holes for different PCDs (the pitch circle diameter of the studs) so that they can fit different makes of car.

Make sure you try the wheels on front and back and lock the steering from side to side to see if they rub anywhere.

colm_mcm

They're multi fitment wheels, 4*100 is a very common size. If the tyres are the correct size, make sure the offset is right i.e the wheels don't stick out beyond the arches.
I reckon they'll be ok though.

Ask the seller what car it came off.

The Freeman

cheers guys, he got back to me and they are sold, will check out a crowd called traynors from north too, mate said they do good deals on wheels

colm_mcm

Traynors are good for original equipent wheels, Most Toyotas that come with 16's as standard have a 5 stud fitment.

That said they may have a complete set of something aftermarket to suit

B00MSTICK

I've a set of 4*100 Momo's that I'm refurbing atm. I'm in Galway too.

colm_mcm

These should fit a Corolla fine, you'll need spigot rings to suit the Corollas smaller hub centre bore though. these are cheap enough.

daire54

fk performance in sligo will sort u out. Frankie he does the cheapest packages around!!!,,,, ive looked hes one a the cheapest, fk performance .ie or search these ads,,,http://www.donedeal.ie/find/all/all/Ireland/0864045769

The Freeman

cheers for the pic boomstick, if i need to get spigot rings to fit the corolla i will leave it, if ya can give me a price with the spigot srings installed that would be great?

if not its no bother at all

daire: sent fp performance an email there and looking forward to hopefully sorting soemthing with them

cheers for all the info dude

The Freeman

hmm, fk performance only sent me out a tree of brochures with no specific info at all on their second hand range,or on their new range also for what i was asking.


sent emails off to trayners and other companies mentioned on this forum with no results also.

only option for me is to wait for something to come up on adverts or travel to dublin. carlow or donegal.

don't have time for any type of travel unfortunatley so will have to just wait for something to turn up


if anybody knows of any set of 15 or 16's that would be suitable for a corolla without altering them at all, i would be interested for sure

cheers for all the info

ger