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yes... Posted by Snowmobile [Email] (#686) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Snowmobile) on Tue, 3 Feb 2015 10:26:01 In Reply to: All about where you drive, and when, Boris Bubbanov, Sun, 1 Feb 2015 10:27:34 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
aside from the abuse winter rims can take, it simply saves $$ in mounting and balancing costs having winter tires on their own rims. A used set of rims pay for themselves in 1-2 winters. I personally prefer to run 16" alloys for winter because the steel ones can corrode (SAAB actually had a TSB for the 9-5 advising against the use of steel wheels). 16" alloys are plentiful used and as long as they are straight, it doesn't matter too much for winter. Imho even scraped up alloys look better than pristine steelies anyway.
Regular swerving to miss pot holes may be almost as damaging to the suspension components as driving over them... of course if you see them far enough ahead and can adjust in the lane more gently, that is the best. Some of our roads around here are awful! I like the ones where it is pavement over heaved concrete so you feel expansion joint "speed bumps" calunk calunk calunk calunk all the way down the road... at speed... impossible to avoid... grrr... all cuz some bureaucrat wanted to save $$... I guess we can pay our taxes in $$ or we can pay our taxes in suspension components and rims! Pick your currency!
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