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Old 10-15-2007, 12:11 PM   #6 (permalink)
diegomaradona10
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Originally Posted by Phreshnphunky View Post

With your car now, you could easily unmount the tires curently on your rims, and then get 4 winter tires in place of them. but then you have to think about when spring summer rolls around, and having to swap them back. With that, it's far simpler to go to your local wreckers and ask for 4 steel rims w.o tires and then have those fitted for winters, so the transition from winter snow tires to your current all seasons is simple and painless.
Sorry, I'm a little confused about this point. If I put winter tires on my current stock rims, can't I just switch them back to the all-season tires in the Spring?

If I get steel rims w/o tires, I can keep those on all season long? What do you mean by 'local wreckers?'

How much do steel rims usually cost including labor?

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