Maintenance : Tyre Pricing

[Daniel Lee]

How do you measure whether a rim is light or heavy?

 

[TCSIM]

Daniel,
Use a weight scale..

 

[ericmivec]

no nid measure like tat,just common sense that 15" sure lighter than 17"..haha..

 

[TCSIM]

Eric,
Not 100% true la.. light-weighted 17" rims might be lighter than besi buruk 15" rims.. Must depends on the materials to build the rims.. Taiwanese rims are light and economic, but not tough.. Japanese rims can be quite light and yet very tough, but that will cost a bomb..

 

[tth tyre]

House of Tyre 13-18inch...
http://foto.home.net.my/img/13000/tth-pic1.jpg

 

[Daniel Lee]

Daniel,
Use a weight scale..

Huh?
It's practical but won't be convenient.
Will you bring along a weighting scale with you while shopping for rims?:hmmmm:

 

[TCSIM]

Mr. Bean did that!!!! Use your hand and carry a few different rims.. Then you will roughly know the comparison lo.. Changing rims soon?

 

[K_Takuya]

guys, can list down the current price for 15" tyres?

 

[Daniel Lee]

Mr. Bean did that!!!! Use your hand and carry a few different rims.. Then you will roughly know the comparison lo.. Changing rims soon?

Yupe, planning to but not really very soon because I just use up lots of $ on a major service for my car.
Doing survey now.
Any recommendation on rim shops?

 

[TCSIM]

Daniel,
What's your budget? Looking for local, taiwanese or japanese rims? They range from RM 300+ to RM 10k+

 

[Daniel Lee]

My budget is in between RM1k to RM2k.
The best is to go for Japanese rims.

 

[TCSIM]

Daniel,
You can get good rims with that budget... I m not too sure where to get that in KL.. Perhaps the rest can help...

 

[Daniel Lee]

Sim,
where did you get your white sport rims?
In Klang rite if I'm not mistaken.

 

[TCSIM]

Yup.. In Klang at Jalan Kapar.. I forgot the name of the shop.. I think it's Hin Leong.. The boss is a huge size Chinese.. Just beware that he won't give you the final price.. He is good in pushing sales for the accessories like the nuts, chrome tubes, centre hold, etc.. Wahahahaha....

 

[Daniel Lee]

Wah! I just don't feel comfortable dealing with such salesperson.

 

[TCSIM]

After all, his price is still cheap.. so who cares?

 

[Daniel Lee]

Okie okie, bro Sim.
I will check out the shop first.

 

[TCSIM]

Yup.. remember to ask him for any "hidden" cost...