Rx 400H Steel Rims Or Cheap Alloys For Winter Tyres

[Isee]

I have no gripes with you whatsoever Radoslav. I blame myself and myself alone. Hopefully the spacers will solve the issue anyway. It is extremely strange though.. as you say the cars are identical and so are the alloys. My car is 2006 though, but I doubt it makes a differene

[Radoslav Asparuhov]

Hopefully the spacers will solve the issue anyway. It is extremely strange though.. as you say the cars are identical and so are the alloys. My car is 2006 though, but I doubt it makes a differene

Just make sure that there is sufficient thread length on wheel fixings when being used in conjuction with the spacers. which ones did you buy? I'm sure there is no difference in the cars - but maybe there is some in the tires? I made some photos of the fitment of both sets and there is no difference between the summer and the winter tires and the distance to the shock absorbers. It is close (2mm) but they don't rub. I can post those if interested? Anyway - Happy Holidays!

[DanD]

Just had a thought (I'll take the rest of the week off!).

Some years ago, I used to own a 7 seat people carrier. When I went to change the tyres, I was told that the choice was fairly limited on the basis that, while diameter and width were fairly standard, the tyres had to have re-inforced sidewalls because of the higher centre of gravity, so that they would not come off the rim in the event of fast and sharp cornering.

Should this not be taken into consideration if fitting smaller rims to a RX, which surely has a higher centre of gravity than a regular car?