Seeking Advice - 17" Alloys

[06YarisRS]

Thanks for the input gents! Interesting points made here. My interest in the wheel change is, as WeeYari says, to upsize the capacity for a wider tire, plus have the look of a 16. I do love the stock RS wheel design, but the tire looks too big on the wheel, IMO. Kind of like a big donut. It is true that I have tried to maintain as stock a look as possible while pushing things ever so slightly (lip, rear spoiler, and now wheels). The Hyundai wheel met virtually all of my criteria, the obvious being the bolt pattern, but also the offset (ET47), as opposed to the Yaris (ET46). It also has 5 spokes, and looks, IMO, a little more elegant with the slimmer spokes. It truly was the closest I could find to the RS wheel at my budget. Did I mention that the Toyota center caps snap right in?

In some respects, I'm pretty conservative when it comes to the car's appearance. Generally, I find that the manufacturer does the best job of coordinating things for an overall look. However, part of me wants to make a more radical change as suggested by Barber and Ernie. I have been seriously considering picking up another set of these wheels. I can get a set for $125.00. I love restoring these and would welcome doing another set...in a satin or semigloss black. That, currently, would be the extent of my adventurousness, I'm afraid. Lol. I kind of like the idea of having a wardrobe (is that the correct term?) of wheel/tire combinations to swap out depending on my mood. LOL. I have two industrial floor jacks and an electric impact gun, so it might take 15 minutes to change out a set of wheels including torquing the lugnuts.

[kimona]

Originally Posted by 06YarisRS

It is true that I have tried to maintain as stock a look as possible while pushing things ever so slightly...

In some respects, I'm pretty conservative when it comes to the car's appearance.

That's pretty much been my approach as well.

On my 2007, I thought I pushed the stock look a little by going with the 5-spokes (photo in post #9). Then, I found the ASA AR1 (pic below) which I immediately liked, and I thought they looked great on the car! I had them on my car for quite some time while storing the 5-spokes. Having two sets of wheels also allowed me to experiment with numerous tyre tread designs to eventually discover which worked best for overall performance and straight-line tracking at highway speeds.

I put the 5-spokes on my 2014, and I was quite satisfied. But, old school Japanese wheels caught my fancy one day, and I finally decided to really take a chance and break away from the stock look. The result was a new appearance that I fell in love with, and the surprise was the advantage of a light weight wheel.