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Joseph
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Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:25 pm Post subject:
snow tires on ordinary rim? |
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Car Stats: 185/75/14 all-season-tires.
I am wondering if its ok to buy a set of snow tires and stick it on my
ordinary rim? ie. take the all-season-tires off the rim and stick on
some snow tires? Or do you have to buy winter rims?
By the way, my car has 185/75/14 type tires right now. What winter
tires size can I savely put on it? can I go with say 195/60/14?
This morning it was raining really bad. I was driving down a small
hill and the guy in front of me had to stop quickly, I was about 10
meters behind the guy and so I stomp on the brake too. My car was just
sliding on the road like a hockey puck. Just as it came to about 5
inches from the car in front of me, it came to a stop. I was scared
and don't know what saved me from that loud bang. Yep! its time to get
winter tires put on.
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N8N
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Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject:
Re: snow tires on ordinary rim? |
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Joseph wrote:
| Quote: | Car Stats: 185/75/14 all-season-tires.
I am wondering if its ok to buy a set of snow tires and stick it on my
ordinary rim? ie. take the all-season-tires off the rim and stick on
some snow tires? Or do you have to buy winter rims?
By the way, my car has 185/75/14 type tires right now. What winter
tires size can I savely put on it? can I go with say 195/60/14?
This morning it was raining really bad. I was driving down a small
hill and the guy in front of me had to stop quickly, I was about 10
meters behind the guy and so I stomp on the brake too. My car was just
sliding on the road like a hockey puck. Just as it came to about 5
inches from the car in front of me, it came to a stop. I was scared
and don't know what saved me from that loud bang. Yep! its time to get
winter tires put on.
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There is no functional difference between the rims your car came with
and "winter rims." That said if your car has alloy wheels a lot of
people in that situation might buy a set of steel wheels for winter to
keep road salt etc. from eating through the clearcoat and corroding
your alloys. But the short answer to your question is that you can
either buy another set of rims or not, makes no functional difference.
That said, at least around here, getting tires mounted and balanced is
getting to be almost extortionately expensive; buying a set of steel
wheels from a junkyard might be cheaper in the long run. It's getting
to be $20-25 a tire at most tire shops/gas stations unless you can get
a "buddy rate."
If you drive a Volkswagen be aware you might need shorter lug bolts
with steel wheels if you have rear drums. (ask me how I know this...)
nate |
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Steve Mackie
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Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject:
Re: snow tires on ordinary rim? |
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| Quote: | By the way, my car has 185/75/14 type tires right now. What winter
tires size can I savely put on it? can I go with say 195/60/14?
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Stick with the 185s, narrower is better during winter driving.
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Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:18 pm Post subject:
Re: snow tires on ordinary rim? |
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| How do you know this Nate? Just have to ask is all. |
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Roy
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Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:54 pm Post subject:
Re: snow tires on ordinary rim? |
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<speedy4u23@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | How do you know this Nate? Just have to ask is all.
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I'd bet that Nate has a vw and bought steel rims.
Roy |
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Jim Elbrecht
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Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:44 am Post subject:
Re: snow tires on ordinary rim? |
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"Joseph" <spmok2@canada.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Car Stats: 185/75/14 all-season-tires.
I am wondering if its ok to buy a set of snow tires and stick it on my
ordinary rim? ie. take the all-season-tires off the rim and stick on
some snow tires? Or do you have to buy winter rims?
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Yes
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By the way, my car has 185/75/14 type tires right now. What winter
tires size can I savely put on it? can I go with say 195/60/14?
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I'd stick with the same size. Bigger tires don't equal better
traction. Narrow tires will bite better in the snow. [more pounds
per square inch touching the road to grab traction]
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This morning it was raining really bad. I was driving down a small
hill and the guy in front of me had to stop quickly, I was about 10
meters behind the guy and so I stomp on the brake too. My car was just
sliding on the road like a hockey puck. Just as it came to about 5
inches from the car in front of me, it came to a stop. I was scared
and don't know what saved me from that loud bang. Yep! its time to get
winter tires put on.
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If you had winter tires chances are you would have hit that car.
[Unless the all-weather tires you have are worn out.] Check the
tires you pick out for their performance on;
dry pavement; wet roads; loose snow; packed snow; and ice.
No tire will be best in all departments. Studded tires are best
for ice/packed snow but worst for dry/wet roads. Most of the all
weather tires I've loked at are better on wet roads than straight
snow/winter tires.
Jim |
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Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:32 am Post subject:
Re: snow tires on ordinary rim? |
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"Jim Elbrecht" <elbrecht@email.com> wrote in message
news:q1ekn1lj461l6kpmpfkaptufev1eorvfkb@4ax.com...
Studded tires are best
| Quote: | for ice/packed snow but worst for dry/wet roads. Most of the all
weather tires I've loked at are better on wet roads than straight
snow/winter tires.
Jim
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I agree that studded tires are probably best, particularly on ice. We
started
getting penalized (taxes) to run studded tires, and many changed over to
the nonstudded winter tires.
I think the nonstudded have improved a lot, and do a great job in most
instances.
I tried to drive one winter using Michelins that were rated as all weather
tires, but
they just weren't good enough for several months of ice driving.
We tried to always have a separate set of wheel for our summer and winter
tires.
Having to change tire types twice a year was bad enough, but to have to
switch
them onto the same set of rims was a real PITA. |
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X-rated Vermonter
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Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:33 am Post subject:
Re: snow tires on ordinary rim? |
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On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:54:02 -0500, "Roy" <Roy@home.net> wrote:
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speedy4u23@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1132075122.082141.252870@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
How do you know this Nate? Just have to ask is all.
I'd bet that Nate has a vw and bought steel rims.
Roy
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And he tried to use the original bolts, and they bottomed out in the |
bolt holes. |
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N8N
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Wed Nov 16, 2005 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: snow tires on ordinary rim? |
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X-rated Vermonter wrote:
| Quote: | On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:54:02 -0500, "Roy" <Roy@home.net> wrote:
speedy4u23@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1132075122.082141.252870@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
How do you know this Nate? Just have to ask is all.
I'd bet that Nate has a vw and bought steel rims.
Roy
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And he tried to use the original bolts, and they bottomed out in the
bolt holes.
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Actually worse than that... put Borbet Type C's on the car with the
correct, longer bolts for that application. Got a flat driving home
from work one night. Fortunately it was a rear tire as I'd put 16V
front brakes on the car, and my 13" steel spare wheel would not fit
over the brakes. Well I didn't think to put four shorter lug bolts in
the trunk, so I just bolted the spare on with the long ones. Went to
pull away and heard a horrible crunching noise, which was my parking
brake mechanism getting trashed by the long lug bolts... had to call
my girlfriend to go into my storage locker and bring me another wheel
and tire, at appx. 9PM on a weeknight... she was not happy, but I
wasn't in a particularly good mood that day either... and it was my own
damn fault!
nate |
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Ken Weitzel
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Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:15 am Post subject:
Re: snow tires on ordinary rim? |
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Joseph wrote:
| Quote: | Car Stats: 185/75/14 all-season-tires.
I am wondering if its ok to buy a set of snow tires and stick it on my
ordinary rim? ie. take the all-season-tires off the rim and stick on
some snow tires? Or do you have to buy winter rims?
By the way, my car has 185/75/14 type tires right now. What winter
tires size can I savely put on it? can I go with say 195/60/14?
This morning it was raining really bad. I was driving down a small
hill and the guy in front of me had to stop quickly, I was about 10
meters behind the guy and so I stomp on the brake too. My car was just
sliding on the road like a hockey puck. Just as it came to about 5
inches from the car in front of me, it came to a stop. I was scared
and don't know what saved me from that loud bang. Yep! its time to get
winter tires put on.
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Hi...
If you have to pay someone to change tires on the rims, I suspect that
by the time you'd done it a year or two you'd have paid more than it
would have cost you to buy another set of rims. Particularly if you
can find a half decent set a junkyard.
Take care.
Ken |
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X-rated Vermonter
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Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject:
Re: snow tires on ordinary rim? |
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On 15 Nov 2005 15:40:24 -0800, "N8N" <njnagel@hotmail.com> wrote:
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X-rated Vermonter wrote:
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:54:02 -0500, "Roy" <Roy@home.net> wrote:
speedy4u23@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1132075122.082141.252870@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
How do you know this Nate? Just have to ask is all.
I'd bet that Nate has a vw and bought steel rims.
Roy
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And he tried to use the original bolts, and they bottomed out in the
bolt holes.
Actually worse than that... put Borbet Type C's on the car with the
correct, longer bolts for that application. Got a flat driving home
from work one night. Fortunately it was a rear tire as I'd put 16V
front brakes on the car, and my 13" steel spare wheel would not fit
over the brakes. Well I didn't think to put four shorter lug bolts in
the trunk, so I just bolted the spare on with the long ones. Went to
pull away and heard a horrible crunching noise, which was my parking
brake mechanism getting trashed by the long lug bolts... had to call
my girlfriend to go into my storage locker and bring me another wheel
and tire, at appx. 9PM on a weeknight... she was not happy, but I
wasn't in a particularly good mood that day either... and it was my own
damn fault!
nate
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Sounds like one of those hard learned life lessons that stays with you
for the rest of your life.
I have never particularly cared for bolt style wheel attachments. But
you have good taste in wheels. I have some Borbet C wheels on an old
Infiniti Q45. |
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