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I am currently on my third set of wheels. The factory 15" wheels are certainly light, but are quite boring.
I first upgraded to a set of Scion tC rims. Nice, but heavy. The handling benefits were worth any loss in mileage.
Now I have some Centerline wheels. Nice and light, and I still get the handling.
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Miles Per
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Here are the stock aluminum wheels. They were nice and light, but very plain. Besides, every other Prius has them. This
picture is the wheels without the plastic trim ring.
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These are the Scion tC rims I bought. The stock wheel/tire weighs 32.2 pounds. These weighed in at almost 43 pounds.
The handling benefit was great, but hte weight was not.
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Here are the final wheels. These are forged aluminum Centerline RPM's, in a 17x7 size. Offset is 42 mm, and bolt pattern
is 5x100mm. They are much, much lighter than the tC wheels, and only a hair above the stock setup. Part of the problem was
the ehavier tires, so I bought the General Exclaim UHP tires, which weigh a feathery 18 pounds.
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Close up of my nice shiny wheels. handling is far superior to the stock setup. Combined with the TRD suspension, the
car handles completely different.
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