NightPHEVer
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Now it's November the excitement is really mounting I can tell you. The costs are too, but then I had budgeted for this. Am in the process of getting the OEM wheels powder coated in silver to give the best resistance possible against salt 'n' slush attack. This is going to cost me £240 for four wheels, although that does include re-fitting/balancing of the new tyres. I've plumped for a set of Falken Eurowinter HS01 225/55 R18 102V at a cost of £429 for four (ordered from mytyres - assuming that they actually have them in stock, they haven't told me yet that they haven't. So that's all good). The HS01 is apparently well suited to SUV application, I'll let you know. The four OEM alloys (S/H from ebay, from a 2014 PHEV) cost me £530 - they look in almost new condition and the wheel refurbishment company reckoned they looked undamaged. I still have to buy a set of valves from Mitsubishi at around £129 for four.
As far as I know my local Mitsubishi dealer will programme/switch the new valves into 'winter' mode to suit the TPMS system for free. So total should come to £1328. Not an inconsiderable sum then. My consolation is that it's a one-off purchase and as I intend to keep the car for a long time and move to Scotland I'll be needing them. Also will preserve the diamond polished lacquer finish on my 'summer' wheels which are all currently unmarked. I'd rather have alloys for winter use as I've had steels on my Smart car for winter for many years and despite the high quality Mercedes Benz paint finish it's really hard to prevent them from going rusty, and then they don't look very nice.
As far as I know my local Mitsubishi dealer will programme/switch the new valves into 'winter' mode to suit the TPMS system for free. So total should come to £1328. Not an inconsiderable sum then. My consolation is that it's a one-off purchase and as I intend to keep the car for a long time and move to Scotland I'll be needing them. Also will preserve the diamond polished lacquer finish on my 'summer' wheels which are all currently unmarked. I'd rather have alloys for winter use as I've had steels on my Smart car for winter for many years and despite the high quality Mercedes Benz paint finish it's really hard to prevent them from going rusty, and then they don't look very nice.