I am looking for my first set of winter tires for my car this winter.
Seeing how nokia are the favorites among many of the posters here, I've decided to check them out at kaltire yesterday.. but the quote I've got back yesterday for 4 16"s were quite steep. I am not familiar with cars or tires at all, so I thought some posters here can help me out.
The quote I got was for the Hakki Rs', and the total cost was 2K. The tires were 217 each; and alloys of 105 each. I can live with those cost, but then there's other stuff/subcharge like the surcharge for mouting tire with TPMS (40); passenger aluminum wheel balance (88); wheel senors (320); relearn/recalibration of TPMS system (50); 5 LUG spline drive install kit? (60) and the HUB centric rings - alloy (40)..
So thats pretty much my quote.. total of 2K. I've heard I don't need to do those TPMS configuration, if I can live with the senors light being on my dashboard for the winter.. I mean that is around 400 bucks right there! And for the other stuff, I really do not know if they are necessary. Sorry if I sound dumb, but I have never had experience with tires before. I hope someone can explain to me more about some of the items in my quote above.
And any other alternatives? I've heard blizzarks are good as well. And the kaltire guys recommend yokohama as well (which they've said it was second to nokians).
Thanks again. I really want to get them for my car asap!
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