Question about rims in the winter...

[94CoupeV6]

The reason I purchased my new Konig 17" rims/ yokohama tires this last spring was because I needed new tires anyways...so I bought rims as well...Now, in Minnesota, winter is approaching. The logical thing to do, normally, is put snow tires on the stock steelies, and slap them on for the winter...but I do not have the money to do that....So I'm wondering will the snow/salt/sand and everything else that sucks about winter "damage" my rims? My current tires are all season performance tires....but keep in mind I'll be installing H&R springs very soon.

[leasaunce]

if you wash your car with water every couple of day it should be fine....

but im not sure, we dont have snow here in Sydney.

[ECale3]

i doubt he'll be washing his car in a minnesota winter.

[leasaunce]

LOL.... i mean, just wash the rims with couple of bucket of water. should get rid of the salt.

[terrastrife]

its too cold for that...

use a deep penertrating alloy/wheel protectant spray.

[Knailgun]

get tires from a junk yard....salt annihilates rims, not to mention gravel or sand as well

[94CoupeV6]

Hmmm...Since I just spent $200 on Eibach springs and a $200 Gtech Pro I'm out of spending money...I will try a protectant spray.

[Eye8Pussies]

for your rims, just find those heated do-it-yourself spray washes and give them a good shower every week- the cost is miniscule compared to if your rims start rusting/fading, etc.

but more to the point tho.....you ARE going to die /crash your car with 17" all season performance tires.....no matter how good those all performance seasons are (I had the re910s- which were amazing in wet, and I though would do for snow too, but...) you WILL have MAJOR problems in the snow....I couldn't even stop for a stop sign when only going 30kph

even if you have to borrow money up to your ears, get some decent snow tires for your steelies, or at least put your steelies with your stock all-seasons back on for hte winter or pay the price....

[Hamsterman]

^ i totally agree

if you are gonna be a snow area, snow tires are sooo important...

figure it this way, few hundred on tires, or a few thousand on car damage repairs + high possibility for injury