Changed Wheels on the Corolla

[Kalmairn]

Yep. The second (of three) cars is a Toyota Corolla - it's the wife's car, safe, reliable, cheap to operate. I just took the 15x7 wheels with 205/50R15 Bridgestone RE730/RE750s on them off the Neon and put them on the Toyota - what a difference!

The Corolla used to scare me. The brakes are waaaaay overpowered for the stock tires, and even with the whopping 130HP/125ft-lbs it was able to make the tires squeal like b**ches. The tires would squeal in easy corners at speeds slower than SUVs typically take them, and in the rain the tires let go almost immediately. I had two near-misses in the Corolla in the rain, both times I just tapped the brakes and they let completely go - the second time, I could hear them spinning up, they were slipping so much.

Anyways. Enough railing on the tires. I decided to put the Neon wheels on the Corolla so it would be a lot safer. Now, the car actually grabs the road, doesn't squeal all the time. I was surprised how comfortable the car felt in hard driving with the new tires. The brakes are still overpowering the tires, but there is a lot more room and the car stops a heck of a lot more smoothly.

Great upgrade, and now I feel a little more comfortable with the wife driving this car.

Kal.

'04 G35 Coupe 6MT, Black/Black, Premium Package, Aero Package w/Spoiler

[s0l]

As far as the brakes go... how old is the car? That could become a saftey issue in the event of an emergency braking issue.

Cool that the new wheels/tires helped the handling and braking. GJ! Are they stockies or aftermarket? Lets see some pics!

-s0l

[Kalmairn]

The Toyota is 2003 and has only 7500 miles on it. (Wife is not the most confident driver, she totalled two cars and had two other accidents in a period of 6 months about 4 years ago.)

The stock tires, Goodyear Eagle LS'es, were pretty much crap on the car. It wasn't hard to get any improvement.

I'll get some pics once I get the wheels and car cleaned up. The tires are a little small for the car, small price for the added safety.

Kal.

'04 G35 Coupe 6MT, Black/Black, Premium Package, Aero Package w/Spoiler

[s0l]

Small price indeed. I look forward to it

-s0l

[Kalmairn]

Ok, here's a couple pics of the wife's 2003 Corolla CE with old Borbet Type F 15x7 wheels on it. The car had 15x6 steelies with miserable crap Goodyear Eagle LS'es on them.

The front tires are Bridgestone RE730s, the rears are Bridgestone RE750s. I swear by both of these tires - not as sticky as the Pilots, but nearly the best in their class (and size).





'04 G35 Coupe 6MT, Black/Black, Premium Package, Aero Package w/Spoiler

[s0l]

I like the wheels - my friend used to run the same set on his taurus SHO.

Looks good!