My '91 RX needs new tires. It is actually sitting in my driveway with the front drivers tire completely flat. Instead of just buying some cheap replacement tires for the stock wheels I decided I wanted a set of 16" wheels. I found on eBay a set of my favorite factory wheels (the '91 T2 weave design, see photo).

I feel like I got a good deal on them and knew that two of them had some curb damage. So after I get them I decide to see how much it would cost to have the curb damage repaired. I contacted a mobile wheel repair place that I used a few months ago when a tire shop damaged the wheels on another vehicle. After the repair guy took a look at them, he talked me into letting him refurbish all 4 of them so they would look good and uniform.

I really like the wheels but I would probably be sick to know what new wheels I could of had for the same price as I will have in these when they are done.

I should get the wheels back next week.

Any suggestions on a brand/model of performance tires in a 205/55/16?

 

Falken Azeni RT-61. The 225/50/16 is almost identical in diameter to the 205/55/16. Not sure what the width of your wheels is though.

DiscountTireDirect.com has them for $120 each. Very nice tire, a lot of grip.

The 200 treadwear rating means that you probably won't get 20k miles out of them.

 

I got the wheels back from being refurbished and they look perfect. I went with the Fuzion VRi tires in a 205/55/16. I only have about 100 miles on them so I can't really give a review of the performance but I can report that they are pretty smooth and quiet on the interstate compared to the "Product of Argentina" Fate-O tires I was punished by for the past three years.

http://www.tirerack.com/tire-12/Fuzion/VRi.shtml

 

My favorite set of stock 2nd gen wheels too, they look great and being 16x7s they have a nice tire selection.