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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
What type of vehicle?
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2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe AWD, staggered fitment. 235/50/R18 front and 265/45/R18 back, and I'm going to 235/45/R19 front and 275/40/R19 back which matches the OEM 19" option.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Just go to tire rack and punch your year and model in their wheels section. They will only list plug and play wheels/tires with offsets close to factory that fit without modification. Even if you don't order from them it provides the brand and spec of wheels that will work on your car. Unless your car is obscure or exotic you shouldn't have too difficult a time finding wheels.
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You say that...
If I do that for 19" wheels there's exactly 1 option on Tire Rack that has stock, but they're over $700 per wheel and not a fan of the darker wheels.. if I went with black wheels I'd have lots of options on other sites, but once I specify silver or machined face and put in my sizes (front 8.5, back 9.5) then things thin out drastically.
On Tire Rack the SAVINI BLACK DI FORZA BM13 which I REALLY like is out of stock
There's probably 8 different wheels where I've liked them but I can only find fronts but backs are out of stock. Or they have only 1 of the front/back (one set I like ok and is reasonably priced from pmctire.com is like that).
There's one set I like where I'd have to order from 2 different places, fronts from one and backs from the other. Heck one site I emailed them to ask about stock and the link went 404 by the next day! Then they emailed me saying they'd been discontinued.
I have considered ordering from a US place but if something gets damaged in shipping it's probably a giant hassle or expensive for shipping.
That said I've finally found maybe 3 different sets where there's stock in Canada (or they SAY there's stock) on 1010tires, pmctire or wheelhaven.com.
And even then generally I'm at 13mm offset decrease (ET48 -> ET35) which some people say is too aggressive, I think they'll be fine fender wise from my measurements but still a little worried about suspension geometry and wheel bearing wear. Some people say changing scrub radius negative results in your car jerking the wheel out of your hand when you go over pot holes. 13mm doesn't seem like a lot but I'm not the expert. Sites I've asked the question to just say "the wheel manufacturer says this wheel is compatible with your car", which isn't overly assuring.
Haha tldr version I've spent WAAAAY too much time looking at sooo many sites and wheels.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Also no you do not require an alignment when swapping tires. If the tires you take off have signs of uneven wear then you may want to get the alignment checked so you don't wear down the new tires.
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Ok.. I mean I guess it makes sense, alignment is about suspension. Thanks for that (and all the others that chimed in on the question).