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Old Dec 1, 2004
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Who has their rims off for the winter?

Well for those who take their wheels off and store them for the winter and put the stockers or other wheels on, do you have yours off yet?

Mine came off today my hubcaps don't look too bad though
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Gotta take mine off, gotta buy winter tires for the stockies, anybody know of any good place to buy tires and good brand, i heard dunlop was good
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nope, winter in nor cal just means an inch of rain here and there.
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I changed last night.

Snow.
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I just put my good ones back on last weekend.... they got better tires on them.
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my summer wheels have better tires but I don't want the rims to get ruined

actually I'm not sure if my performance tires would be better in snow or not, although they do hold up good in rain
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had mine on since halloween. never know when its gonna snow in ohio....booooo
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i still got stockies
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changed mine last weekend....damn it sucks
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took mine off on thankksgiving since that was our first day of snow
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I put mine on thanksgiving weekend so now my cornering went to **** with studded snow tires
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took mine off thanksgiviing....

and the bags,
and everything else

but not because of snow
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Rockin the 16" Motoforms with Wintermark snow tires. I don't think my car will ever ride on steelies, haha.

And to think, some days I wonder where all my money went.
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yeah I have my stock rims off, and I have winter steelies on.
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Gotta love So.Cal.
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Originally Posted by Mr.Modify
i still got stockies
what ever happened to those rims you were gonna get? i thought it was top secret.
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took mine off thanksgiving eve...sucks
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I had to take mine off the day before Thanksgiving when it snowed here. I was not so much worried about traction, I just did not want the salt screwing up my wheels and the polished lip. Sucks though. It is amazing what a difference it makes when you put your stock steelies back on.
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i leave mine on...norcal rain sucks though
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i take mine off and put on integra gsr wheels and snow tires
its a painful time every year for me
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still haven't done it yet, longest I've gone
probably cuz I don't have the cash for the 15" tires on stock rims
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Someone enlighten me, Im in norcal so I never deal with snow...what exactly does snow do to your rims?
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from what i know here in alberta, they use salt and sand to melt the ice/snow off the roads. that leads to the salt eating away at the finish or rusting out your rims. not 100% sure but i'm positive that why people changes rims for winter.
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I'm in San Diego keepin the chromies on bling bling.
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I guess I'm stubborn, keepin my rims on.......... lets see what the salt will do..... but I do plan on washin them every week.
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TX, woot woot. no snow except for like once a year. to bad no rimz for mehh
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I put my stock tires on last month cause it was lightly snowing and they started salting the roads. My handling now = sh*t.
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Originally Posted by Vinnie
Someone enlighten me, Im in norcal so I never deal with snow...what exactly does snow do to your rims?
It has more to do with the tires for me. Summer tires + snow = zero traction.
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