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Toyota Prius - - Best car on the road
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Posted by mrv@kluge.net on October 29, 2006, 11:09 am
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I have a set of four 14 x 5.5 steel "generic" black rims available for
sale. $120 for the set. If you are near 10589 (NY, USA), I am willing
to drive about 2 hours for delivery, otherwise you will have to pay
shipping (I'd guess around $80 for the set).
I'm only selling them as a set of 4. (But feel free to break up the
set later if you wish. If you can find another owner or three if you
only want 2 rims for winter use or for use as a full-sized spare,
that's fine, but you do the split of the set.)
I used the rims on my 2001 Toyota Prius between Nov. 2005 and April
2006 (<5 months), for about 2000 miles. I purchased them last fall
(2005) in a tire/wheel package for use with my winter tires (Nokian
WR). Since I recently moved out of MA (and do not have tire storage
anymore, an unforseen circumstance last fall), I put the 4-season
Nokian WRs that were on these rims onto my OEM alloy rims, and disposed
of the old/worn OEM Bridgestone Potenza RE92 XL tires.
New from tirefactory.net these rims were $49.99 each last Nov. 2005
The specs for the US 2001-2003 Toyota OEM Prius rims are:
14x5.5" 100mm bolt circle, (not sure if 40 or 45mm offset), 4 hole
(same wheel as the older 1993-2002 Corolla, and the pre-2004 Echo)
I don't have the exact specs on these steel rims, but they did work on
my 2001 Prius and they are stamped 14x5.5 on the inside of the rims.
Only 4 holes, so it's easy to put the wheels onto the car with this
generic rim!
Note: these will not fit on the 2004-current Prius, whose US rims are:
15x6 JJ, PCD 100mm, 45mm offset, 5 hole
(same wheel as the Matrix and the newer (2003-?) redesign of the
Corolla)
If you are interested in these other steel rims, let me know, or wait
for my next post about them.
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Posted by Ray O on October 29, 2006, 11:46 am
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>I have a set of four 14 x 5.5 steel "generic" black rims available for
> sale. $120 for the set.
<snipped>
You may have better luck selling the entire wheels instead of just the rims.
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
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Posted by mrv@kluge.net on October 29, 2006, 12:06 pm
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Ray O wrote:
> >I have a set of four 14 x 5.5 steel "generic" black rims available for
> > sale. $120 for the set.
>
> <snipped>
>
> You may have better luck selling the entire wheels instead of just the rims.
I didn't realize that there was a difference between a rim and a wheel
- that the terms are used interchangeably.
In this case, it's the round metal thing that you can mount a tire
onto, and that bolts onto the car. No tire included.
Sorry for the confusion!
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Posted by Ray O on October 29, 2006, 12:22 pm
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>
> Ray O wrote:
>> >I have a set of four 14 x 5.5 steel "generic" black rims available for
>> > sale. $120 for the set.
>>
>> <snipped>
>>
>> You may have better luck selling the entire wheels instead of just the
>> rims.
>
> I didn't realize that there was a difference between a rim and a wheel
> - that the terms are used interchangeably.
>
> In this case, it's the round metal thing that you can mount a tire
> onto, and that bolts onto the car. No tire included.
>
> Sorry for the confusion!
>
Calling a wheel a "rim" is probably one of the most common errors in the use
of automotive terminology, akin to referring to a car as a "bumper" or a
house as a "roof."
You can look up the terms "wheel" and "rim" at http://www.autoglossary.com.
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
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Posted by Mike Rosenberg on October 29, 2006, 1:08 pm
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Ray O <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
> Calling a wheel a "rim" is probably one of the most common errors in the
> use of automotive terminology...
You're technically correct, but at the same time I don't think anyone
who read the original post was confused.
Aside to Michelle Steiner: Do you think we should invite Tony to join
this thread?
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