Best place to get wheels?

[desura]

I got a new used car. Ford C-Max. Great car. I'm getting double if not more MPG than my old car, and it is pretty big with lots of cargo capacity.

I'm thinking of buying a pair of snow tire wheels, both for winter driving and for the event of a flat tire I can have someone I know drive the spare wheel to me (my car doesn't have a spare included).

What is the best place to get them?

Also, the car's tires are these efficiency high pressure tires. Something like 40-50 PSI. Would replacement tires have to be the same or similar PSI? How do I handle the tire pressure sensor?

One more q...what is the best tire inflator kit?

 

[waffleironhead]

tirerack.com has winter tire/wheel packages. I believe they will ship the out ready to be installed on your vehicle.

 

[LTC8K6]

A pair?

Why a pair?

Why not 4?

 

[desura]

A pair?

Why a pair?

Why not 4?

Front wheel drive car.

 

[Bull Dog]

Yes, but it's generally a good idea to not have your rear wheels attempt to overtake your front wheels.

 

[SilthDraeth]

Tire inflator kit

On the cheap. This is the one I plan to get. So I am only basing the recommendation on other reviewer's opinions.
http://www.amazon.com/Viair-00088-88P-Portable-Compressor/dp/B005ASY23I

 

[who?]

If you only do the fronts you won't always have enough room to use acceleration to pull the rears into line. Imagine replacing the rear wheels with swivel casters, that's what it may be like on really slippery roads with good grip in front and poor grip in the rear. Or imagine the rears using cafeteria trays as sleds.

 

[jlee]

Don't ever run a pair of winter tires unless under dire emergency (i.e. two flats and the only way to get the car home is to put two wheels with snows on them). Driving mismatched snow/etc tires during inclement weather is asking for a disaster to happen.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=34

http://www.tirerack.com/winter/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=120#y4

http://www.bridgestonetire.com/tread-and-trend/drivers-ed/winter-snow-tires

http://community.cartalk.com/discussion/2281476/front-wheel-drive-snow-tires-2-or-4