EDIT: Is Mixing Rims OK? Need steel rims for my Toyota Echo.

[fuzzybabybunny]

Update: So I got a steel rim from Tire Rack. I got a call from them making sure that I knew they were NOT the original steel rims for my Echo. I said ok and let the order go through.

So if a tire goes flat I'll be running three original steel rims and one aftermarket steel rim. Would this cause any issues? I figure there can't be too much that could go wrong, certainly less compared to using the tiny temporary spare....

I'm currently on the road with spotty and slow internet access. I need a 14" steel rim for my 2000 Toyota Echo but I can't find one in stock anywhere. Does anyone know if there are other 14" steel rims that would fit my Echo?

I've got a full sized spare tire in my trunk, but only the tire. I'd like to put in a rim so that if anything happens during my road trip I can just plop on a full sized spare and not miss a beat.

 

[DeviousTrap]

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels...lterNew=All&sort=Brand

 

[JDMnAR1]

A quick google search shows that to be a 4x100 bolt pattern, so any wheel with the same dimensions as your stock rim with that bolt pattern should work.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Steel is too heavy. I'd go for carbon fiber.

BTW-A quick google search turned up this.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1
A quick google search shows that to be a 4x100 bolt pattern, so any wheel with the same dimensions as your stock rim with that bolt pattern should work.

I'm not sure if it's that simple. I think there might be issues with space inside the rim not being enough. Like not enough room for brake calipers and stuff?

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Steel is too heavy. I'd go for carbon fiber.

BTW-A quick google search turned up this.

Checked. OOS. I have no idea why the hell they'd even have it on the site if it's OOS. Even allows you to order it too. I called and they even told me they have NO IDEA when they'd have it back in stock.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels...lterNew=All&sort=Brand

All results are nifty alloy rims. So I'd be rolling on three stock steel rims and one bling bling alloy rim

Side question: do all rims have to match in weight distribution or can one be different? Would it mess up driving if one rim was lighter than all the rest?

 

[JDMnAR1]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1
A quick google search shows that to be a 4x100 bolt pattern, so any wheel with the same dimensions as your stock rim with that bolt pattern should work.

I'm not sure if it's that simple. I think there might be issues with space inside the rim not being enough. Like not enough room for brake calipers and stuff?

...thus the same dimensions as your stock rim caveat. Match up the diameter, width, etc. and you should be golden.

EDIT:Might check here.

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny

Originally posted by: DeviousTrap
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels...lterNew=All&sort=Brand

All results are nifty alloy rims. So I'd be rolling on three stock steel rims and one bling bling alloy rim

Side question: do all rims have to match in weight distribution or can one be different? Would it mess up driving if one rim was lighter than all the rest?

Looks like it didn't let me link directly to the wheel. There should be a tab where you can switch between alloys and steel. It's showing 1 steel wheel for $38.

 

[alfa147x]

just look for another set of travelers on the roads taking a piss
**Be sneaky** and take a wheel put it in your trunk and leave

That easy

 

[iamwiz82]

Check out Craigslist where ever you are.

 

[desy]

call the local auto wreckers

 

[compman25]

Originally posted by: desy
call the local auto wreckers

:thumbsup: or a pick and pull place.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

woot. Thanks! Getting it from tire rack.

 

[Throckmorton]

You're on the road but you ordered a wheel from Tire Rack? Wouldn't it make more sense to go to Discount Tire or something? You really couldn't go wrong with a junkyard either.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
You're on the road but you ordered a wheel from Tire Rack? Wouldn't it make more sense to go to Discount Tire or something? You really couldn't go wrong with a junkyard either.

Tire Rack has B&M locations, he could be near one.

 

[ViviTheMage]

you could have checked a junk yard....I am sure a few of those lil echos have been totaled...and you could have gotten the same rims.

 

[thomsbrain]

I think on a Toyota Echo, as long as the the dimensions match up and the wheel fits properly, you're not going to notice any tiny differences in weight between the old wheels and the new ones.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1
A quick google search shows that to be a 4x100 bolt pattern, so any wheel with the same dimensions as your stock rim with that bolt pattern should work.

I'm not sure if it's that simple. I think there might be issues with space inside the rim not being enough. Like not enough room for brake calipers and stuff?

Nope, if it's listed to fit the car, you'll be fine.

ZV

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1
A quick google search shows that to be a 4x100 bolt pattern, so any wheel with the same dimensions as your stock rim with that bolt pattern should work.

I'm not sure if it's that simple. I think there might be issues with space inside the rim not being enough. Like not enough room for brake calipers and stuff?

Nope, if it's listed to fit the car, you'll be fine.

ZV

Wouldn't a big difference in offset affect the way the car handles? Especially if it's only one wheel?

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Savij

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny

Originally posted by: JDMnAR1
A quick google search shows that to be a 4x100 bolt pattern, so any wheel with the same dimensions as your stock rim with that bolt pattern should work.

I'm not sure if it's that simple. I think there might be issues with space inside the rim not being enough. Like not enough room for brake calipers and stuff?

Nope, if it's listed to fit the car, you'll be fine.

ZV

Wouldn't a big difference in offset affect the way the car handles? Especially if it's only one wheel?

If the offset is wrong, it doesn't fit the car. You'll be rubbing the suspension and won't be able to physically mount the wheel. On a site like TireRack, if the wheel is listed as fitting the car, then both the bolt pattern and the offset (backspacing) are correct for that car.

ZV

 

[Mermaidman]

Clearly, the best solution is to install four new dubs with spinnerz and stuff.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
You're on the road but you ordered a wheel from Tire Rack? Wouldn't it make more sense to go to Discount Tire or something? You really couldn't go wrong with a junkyard either.

I'm having the rim delivered to a tire shop. I can also have them delivered General Delivery at a post office which is a really nifty thing for people on the road or who are homeless (I'm both). I called around to a bunch of local junk yards and after four of them said they didn't have anything I gave up.

 

[Throckmorton]

Well it's good that you know it will be the same measurements as the others. You wouldn't want a different offset, because that would make the steering pull to one side, and generally be unsafe.