The Winter's Coming Winter Tires Thread

[Raekwon]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Heading to Canmore this afternoon. Supposed to be 10 or so cm overnight, so I think I'll take the 30 min and throw the winters on the Subby. Fortunately I have a garage to do that in now! No more freezing on the driveway.

Having the ability to change my own by having 2 sets of rims is a game changer. Can change them now and back if it got really warm again and felt the need.

[Jimmy Stang]

I might do mine this weekend after all. This weekend isn't quite as busy as most, I can do it all in my garage, and it is very unlikely that we will see winter-tire-melting temperatures anymore this fall. it is only a couple of weeks earlier than my usual benchmark of Thanksgiving.

Of course, if do my changeover tonight, you can all thank me for the Indian summer that we'll no doubt get.

[Raekwon]

Personally I'm not going to change them yet as its not going to get cold enough to really affect the all seasons and its supposed to warm back up to the teens next week. A/S with 4WD will be fine for me with no real plans this weekend, if it snows too much and is here Sunday night I might for the drive to work but doubtful.

[Geraldsh]

Oldtimer’s anecdote:
Back in my college days driving taxi part time; the cab company would not put on snow tires until after the third snowfall. They assumed the first two would melt and have dry roads for days and even weeks after.

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by Raekwon

Personally I'm not going to change them yet as its not going to get cold enough to really affect the all seasons and its supposed to warm back up to the teens next week. A/S with 4WD will be fine for me with no real plans this weekend, if it snows too much and is here Sunday night I might for the drive to work but doubtful.

True. I've got all seasons as my summer tires on both vehicles, which should get me through this first blast. As you can see, I'm very much on the fence and I am allowing myself to get talked in and out of it! What it might come down to is my time, as this weekend looks a lot better than the next few.

My old car however, which I sold in the spring, had summer performance tires. Those things were like hockey pucks when it got even a little bit cold. Good riddance to those things.

[Raekwon]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang

True. I've got all seasons as my summer tires on both vehicles, which should get me through this first blast. As you can see, I'm very much on the fence and I am allowing myself to get talked in and out of it! What it might come down to is my time, as this weekend looks a lot better than the next few.

My old car however, which I sold in the spring, had summer performance tires. Those things were like hockey pucks when it got even a little bit cold. Good riddance to those things.

Yeah I haven't got rims or tires for my wifes new car yet and I wouldn't drive in any amount of snow with it, that said we drove it today so I hope it waits to snow. Honda Civic Turbo with rubber band tires, please don't snow and call out my stupidity.

[Erick Estrada]

I'm still rocking Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires so as long as there's no accumulation I should be able to make it home okay this afternoon. This is two straight years of early fall winter storms as I always typically do my winter tire swaps at Thanksgiving weekend and don't ever recall anything like the last two years where they were required sooner.

[Sliver]

Yeah this is the first year I've done my vehicles in September.

[mrkajz44]

Thanksgiving has always been the time that works best for me. The long weekend usually affords me enough time to do the swap on both vehicles and its cold enough by then that the winters won't wear excessively even if there is no snow.

I'm doubtful the roads will hold much snow (if any) even with 10cm+ coming down over the weekend. It's just been too warm lately and I'd bet the city is on watch with plows should there be any real accumulation.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/repor...0501ww1575cwwg


10cm overnight, up to 30cm by Monday.

Got into Canmore about 9:30... thank god I saw this and swapped my tires before I left. Was pretty ####ty on the road out there.

[Fuzz]

You're welcome.
-God

[mrkajz44]

So I put on my winter tires yesterday and noticed my steel wheels were super rusty - way more than I remember in years past. Anyone else notice this? Did the city change their salt or something - I was pretty surprised. I'm guessing the only real way to combat this is to make sure I'm getting car washes pretty frequently so all the salt is staying off?

[81MC]

*getting in before the ‘OMG Steel Wheels ghetto AF!!!’ starts*
Fluid Film or something very similar, apply when you take the wheels off for the season, and a few touch up coats throughout the winter. It works very well, takes about an extra 45 minutes a year, and is super cheap. You should be cleaning your wheels when you take them off for the season anyhow, so the added step of a bit of protection is easy.
Disclaimer - When the wheels are mounted, saturate a rag and wipe it on, you don’t want any sort of lubricant/film on your rotors.

[zamler]

Fluid Film is the bomb I spray the hubs and inside of the wheels every winter. I also spray down the entire under body but not everyone is set up to do that.

In the spring clean the wheels and under the car as much as possible with "salt eraser" which going by the smell is the same thing as wheel cleaner.

[Raekwon]

Got my winter tires on this weekend also. I ordered tires and rims for my wifes car from Costco online and the rims get sent to my house and the tires to costco. I try calling them to figure out how we do this but they won't answer because understandably its busy so I stop by on the weekend. I just want to drop the rims off and have them install on the rims when they have time and I can put them on but they won't take the rims because they can't store them and are booking into mid November . . . Now i'm going to have to go back and get the tires as I didn't have room for them when I stopped by and take them to another shop to get them put on rims.

It's so much easier when you can do things on your own I wish I could do this also and be done with it.

[Fuzz]

The savings at Costco aren't worth the hassle.

[bossy22]

Is it me or have Costco's tire prices gone up? I got quotes for my wife's Tesla Model S. $1660 and $1780 were the quotes for a set of 4 winter tires mounted. Bridgestones, and michelin alpins. Went to Kal Tire and got a set of 4 nokian hakka r3 winters for $1411, and then had a Norquay coupon code for $100 off, so I paid $1311.

[Raekwon]

These were a good price I think.

PIRELLI WINTER ICE ZERO FR 215/50R17 95H 25562000
Item # #1001112#
$ 166.99
Quantity
4

Plus $66 each for rims, not too bad.

Edit: Also got a $100 gift card

[Fuzz]

I think these are the same tire....


https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/tires...-2088299p.html


$99.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I think these are the same tire....


https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/tires...-2088299p.html


$99.

$182.49 each at Canadian Tire in the size Raekwon was looking at.

I'd try Tire Pirates, too, though. A friend bought winters there last week for less than Costco.