No rubbing that I can detect.
The rubbing may have been because the car was up on the lift when we checked it, and with the weight of the car off the suspension. Once on the ground, no rubbing. Weird.
I've taken a big hit in range. Lost 15 - 20 mi, not unexpected. However, since the wheel/tire swap, it's been sweltering hot, here, and I've been using the hell out of the AC, which sucks huge amounts of range.
The last few days there's been chances to drive without using the AC, and my mi/kWh avg has picked up.
I saw as low as 1.9mi/kWh
4.2mi/kWh yesterday evening when ambient temps dropped to 75º F, but the temp has shot right back into the above 90º F range again.
I'm running 46 psi (max is 50). The car is totally different, now. Feels like a bigger car, like the wheelbase has been stretched. Ride is smooth and much more stable. Off the line it feels more sluggish but I have to remind myself that I just added 5 lbs/corner; that's a lot of unsprung weight/rolling resistance/larger diameter!
Since I still have the factory wheels (the rear tires are hardly worn; the fronts are done), I can swap when I do a long road trip...maybe...if I replace the front Ecopias. The TPMS learning routine doesn't look that difficult (I put in new TPMS sensors with the new shoes).
Overall, I'm quite happy with this setup. I wish that there were LRR tires in the size that these wheels require; perhaps I would get better range. But, I can live with this. Over the weekend, the pièce de résistance arrived in the mail: center caps! I had to merge two center cap kits to get parts that fit...that is to say, I removed the KIA emblem from one set and applied Chevy emblems. Et Voilà!
Before:
Not before:
-Bob K.
