
From great 21” rims to wonderful driving 18”
I started out with the standard 19” rims, upgraded to beautiful 21” Polestar rims, which never really matched with my wife.
After lots of minor heart damage ;-), with every time I saw new damage on the side of the rims, I decided to take another route.
I found these historically correct XC40 rims and slapped them on. I don’t think I’m ever going to go bigger again on this car.
I had fantastic cornering with the Pirelli’s on the 21” rims but the ride was less comfy and again, minor heart damage with every scratch, was not for me. Also, the cornering was actually to good for this relatively top heavy car leading to excessive tire wear and strangely, speeding tickets ;-)
These rims, I think, look great on this car and the 18” tires are great, the ride is great, comfort is great, cornering is surprisingly still very good.