Im sure most of you have seen my ATS which has the Carbon Black package 18 after midnight wheels. I really like the wheels and have no problems keeping them....however, over the winter a had a minor incident with a curb driving to work on a very snowy morning with untreated roads. There was a tow truck getting a vehicle out of a ditch in the right lane, and I moved too far left and scraped up both of my left wheels. Couldnt see the curb as roads had significant snow cover on them. Not long after that I had the rash on both wheels repaired, but I am unhappy with the results. I basically want two new wheels to be completely happy, but the after midnight wheels are insanely expensive!! Cheapest I have found so far is $1250 shipped for two wheels!!!!!
So I call my insurance and they were awesome, they wrote me a check on the spot to cover two new wheels, an alignment, mounting balancing, and even reimbursed me $200 for the original wheel repair job. Minus my deductible I now have a check for $1457. Yes thats enough to cover two new wheels, but do I really wanna spend $1250 on TWO wheels? Seems kinda crazy.
I have always liked the gloss black accessory 19 wheels, and have pieces together a set of 4 of the 8 wife wheels for my awd, tires, mounting/balancing, and even tpms which comes out to be $2233. Then if I sell my original full complete setup I will come out ahead and have a sweet new wheel setup.
Here are my notes on the wheel package:
ATS 19 wheel package:
4 19x8 wheels 19300914
-approx $311 a piece $1244
4 Cont. DWS 225/35/19 tires
-$185 a piece $838 installed
4 TPMS 19332370 $151.80 shipped
Total: $2233.80
So in theory if I sell my original setup as a complete takeoff set, maybe get $1500 for them, plus the $1457 check from insurance, I can get the 19 wheel package and have maybe $700 left over in my pocket. If I go the route of just buying two new replacement wheels I will get two new wheels and have about 200 bucks left over and be right back where I started....which is a damn nice setup, but sometimes changing it up is nice.
Thoughts/opinions?
These are the wheels of interest. My car currently has the same wheels thats on the red one, and I would be considering the 19 accessory wheels like on the black one. Would ride be similar between runflat equipped 18 wheels and non-runflat 19 setup? I actually drove this black one before and I recall the ride being just fine, but its been a while
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So I call my insurance and they were awesome, they wrote me a check on the spot to cover two new wheels, an alignment, mounting balancing, and even reimbursed me $200 for the original wheel repair job. Minus my deductible I now have a check for $1457. Yes thats enough to cover two new wheels, but do I really wanna spend $1250 on TWO wheels? Seems kinda crazy.
I have always liked the gloss black accessory 19 wheels, and have pieces together a set of 4 of the 8 wife wheels for my awd, tires, mounting/balancing, and even tpms which comes out to be $2233. Then if I sell my original full complete setup I will come out ahead and have a sweet new wheel setup.
Here are my notes on the wheel package:
ATS 19 wheel package:
4 19x8 wheels 19300914
-approx $311 a piece $1244
4 Cont. DWS 225/35/19 tires
-$185 a piece $838 installed
4 TPMS 19332370 $151.80 shipped
Total: $2233.80
So in theory if I sell my original setup as a complete takeoff set, maybe get $1500 for them, plus the $1457 check from insurance, I can get the 19 wheel package and have maybe $700 left over in my pocket. If I go the route of just buying two new replacement wheels I will get two new wheels and have about 200 bucks left over and be right back where I started....which is a damn nice setup, but sometimes changing it up is nice.
Thoughts/opinions?
These are the wheels of interest. My car currently has the same wheels thats on the red one, and I would be considering the 19 accessory wheels like on the black one. Would ride be similar between runflat equipped 18 wheels and non-runflat 19 setup? I actually drove this black one before and I recall the ride being just fine, but its been a while


