QUOTE (dgreenland @ Nov 12 2010, 03:51 PM)
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I just purchased a 2010 Sante Fe Limited, which came with 18s. I contacted my dealer and they said it was quite acceptable to downsize to the 16s tires for the winter. The model they suggest was: P235 / 70 / R16. I picked up 4 new black steel rims from Costco and 4 new Bridgestone Blizzak tires, installed balanced, for about $920.00CDN taxes in. I've had the Michelin X-Ice tires on my previous car and didn't really like them. Not a fan of studs because they are too noisy.
I live in Newfoundland and tires here are really hard to get, had to special order them!
Daniel
I'd be interested in hearing about your Costco experience. I was going to get mine from therm, but my experience was not good, so I changed my mind. There is a thread here that mentions that you should get the hubcentric instead of the lugcentric/multi-fit rims (and even included the model numbers). It said that with the lugcentric you can end up with vibration.
I waited in the Costco tire line (1/2 hour) to see what they had for tires and rims. I told the guy that I wanted the hubcentric rims and gave him the number. He said there were none in stock but that he could order them. They had Xice Xi2 tires in stock. He said the rims would be in the next Friday and they would call me that day to make an appointment.
Friday came and went, no call. I dropped in on Tues to see if there was a delay in the order. Waited in the line again (1/2 hour or so). Told the guy (same guy) that I was waiting for an order. When I told him it was for rims, both he and the other guy at the counter said 'we don't order rims'. I said you ordered them for me. They reiterated, they only get the one type of rim blindshipped and they don't order anything else. One of them said, maybe they ordered the hub adapter ring (which he hadn't as he gave me prices on both types of rims). They could not find any kind of order for me in the system.
The 'tech' said that the rims they had would be fine, if there were issues, a ring could be added later. I decided to go ahead with them and they booked me an appt for lunch the next day.
I then asked if they could order the rings, to be safe. He said they don't order those either (huh, didn't they just say that might have been what was ordered?)
The 'tech' then asked me that I was planning to use for nuts. I asked for a recommendation. He said that the nuts from the alloys might cause the vibration, but if I used steel nuts, it would be fine. I said, okay lets use those. Turns out they don't sell or order those either. I would have to get them somewhere else.
Later in the day, started thinking about the fact they were going to take my appointment, use the multi-fit rims and my nuts from the alloy, knowing that it was not the best solution and would not have told me otherwise if I had not known and asked. Decided I was not comfortable with them doing this job and ditched the appointment. Got quotes from some local shops and online. Decided to go with tirerack.com.
Found out today that a coworkers husband used them for his winters on his Torrent. He ended up with a vibration/shaking issue. When he went back in, they wouldn't look at it right away, but would book an appointment for 2 weeks later.
QUOTE (MyTucson @ Nov 23 2010, 01:18 AM)
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Bought a set of Pirelli Scorpion Ice and Snow tires with steel rims today for my 2010 SF limited. The tires are 235/70/16 and I paid $1070 all in. So far, handling has been very good on dark ice and snow. I have to wait until This weekend to test them on slush.
I ended up buying Pirellis and winter alloy rims from Tirerack.com (same size as yours). Delivery was expected Dec 3 -6 and they arrived today. Hope to put them on soon.
Tirerack seemed to know their stuff - included the hub ring, new lug nuts, lug nut adapter, mounted an balanced on the rims, no extra charge. Prices on tires and rims much lower than anything, although shipping almost brought it up even with local prices (although those were without the rings, nuts, etc). They didn't have steel rims.
Was pleased they arrived early. Will let you know how install and performance goes.
Looks to me like not a bad solution to saving some money given that you've already got the others in hand.
