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So I have a white 2009 Acura TSX.. Should I get these 18* inch SSR SP4 wheels.
I guessing those cost around $900 dollars a piece.. I'm hoping thats Canadian dollars.
What you guys think, could I go for cheaper rims then SSR.
SSR makes some high quality wheels. Yes, you can go cheaper, but man, a quality set of wheels go a very long way.
I know they can be hard to justify, but if you love your car and you intend on keeping it for awhile, why not treat yourself? I honestly don't think I know of a single person who made the jump on pricey wheels and then regretted it after. Unless they bought the wrong size. But that's a different story.
$900 a piece! I'm too cheap to spend that kind of money, so let's do the math. Consider you will keep the car 10 years, just for the wheels alone that will cost you 99 cents per day. Is it still worth it?
This is a frivoulous purchase that adds nothing to the value of your life, except that bit of enjoyment you get when looking at your car. It's like when your wife buys another pair of shoes. Personally I'm cheap and I'll do what ever I can from buying stuff. Removing the emotion from a purchase is a good way for me to rationalize that. Ask yourself, will you find $1 a day of enjoyment looking at your wheels? Yes, then buy them. No, then don't.
$900 a piece! I'm too cheap to spend that kind of money, so let's do the math. Consider you will keep the car 10 years, just for the wheels alone that will cost you 99 cents per day. Is it still worth it?
That's only like 4.25 cents/hour. Pennies!! Super cheap if you think about it.
I say do it and never look back.
Last edited by opboarding; 05-12-2017 at 03:06 PM.
This is a frivoulous purchase that adds nothing to the value of your life, except that bit of enjoyment you get when looking at your car. It's like when your wife buys another pair of shoes. Personally I'm cheap and I'll do what ever I can from buying stuff. Removing the emotion from a purchase is a good way for me to rationalize that. Ask yourself, will you find $1 a day of enjoyment looking at your wheels? Yes, then buy them. No, then don't.
Wait- i find it ironic that you're cheap as fuck and find more happiness in looking at a bank account full of money (it's just a number of you don't ever touch it), as opposed to spending money and enjoy looking at what you bought.
No one said he should spend his life savings and every dollar he earns for the next ten years. If he has money saved and some money to burn, why should he not enjoy it?
By the way, there's more to wheels than just looks. I'm surprised that you'd spend money on an Acura when you could've been much more money wise and bought a Civic or an accord. Bang for the buck, they are much wiser vehicle purchases.
Be as cheap as you like. I look at my father who is much the same as you, and being in old age now, he's got plenty of money saved up yet for the life of him he can't enjoy any of it because of how hard he engraved into his mind to never spend on frivolous stuff. And again, I'm not saying blowing money. There's a fine line between enjoying your hard earned dollars and being reckless with them.
Look it, this guy is already thinking it's too much money or why would he ask. Considering he might need new tires, we are talking about $4500 on a car that might be worth $18000, that just doesn't make sense to me. I'm not saying don't buy rims for your car, just be sure it's what you really want.
Real wheels don't have to cost an arm and a dick. I got my real wheels for under $700 for the set. They aren't multi piece though. They are 18 inch aluminum flow formed 17lbs racing wheels.
Don't forget you need to buy real tires.
05-11-2017 | 11:59 PM
