The Winter's Coming Winter Tires Thread

[Sliver]

You don't like wheels made in China, eh? Where do you think steelies are made?

Steelies never look good. You can always find inexpensive wheels that work well with your car. Not to mention steelies will rust.

It's simply bad advice to tell people to get steelies since they look like ass.

[btimbit]

lol. Not advice, just an opinion. Cheap no name wheels look just as ####ty

[DoubleK]

When do you guys normally switch? June?

[worth]

hah, I remember asking my Dad 10 years ago when I first got winters and he said "I usually switch in March". I've always remembered that but each march rolls around and it never feels like the time to switch.

General consensus is when the average temperature is 7C is the time to switch I believe.

[CrunchBite]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

When do you guys normally switch? June?

When the overnight low is consistently above 0.

[btimbit]

I put them on thanksgiving weekend, come off mid April

[Finger Cookin]

I usually switch at Easter and Thanksgiving

[GreatWhiteEbola]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

When do you guys normally switch? June?

Thanksgiving (winter) and Easter (All-seasons).

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Originally Posted by Sliver

You don't like wheels made in China, eh? Where do you think steelies are made?

Steelies never look good. You can always find inexpensive wheels that work well with your car. Not to mention steelies will rust.

It's simply bad advice to tell people to get steelies since they look like ass.

I gotta say, it's a pet peeve of mine to see people in a $60,000+ vehicle rolling around on winters with el cheapo steelies. I'm happy they're on winters but to IMHO steelies belong on a 15 yr old pickup, Impala, or a 2005 Corolla. On a new $60K Highlander? Got for the 200 cheap alloys. Or at least wheelcovers for the steelies.

IMHO - Steelies are like the sweatpants of the automotive world. They are practical, cheap, and functional. At a certain point though - you shouldn't wear them with your nice shirt.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

I gotta say, it's a pet peeve of mine to see people in a $60,000+ vehicle rolling around on winters with el cheapo steelies. I'm happy they're on winters but to IMHO steelies belong on a 15 yr old pickup, Impala, or a 2005 Corolla. On a new $60K Highlander? Got for the 200 cheap alloys. Or at least wheelcovers for the steelies.

IMHO - Steelies are like the sweatpants of the automotive world. They are practical, cheap, and functional. At a certain point though - you shouldn't wear them with your nice shirt.

Hahaha that's a great way to put it. It's exactly how I feel, too.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Last year when shopping for winter tires in the fall I was gonna get steelies and I mentioned it on CP.

Then Sliver bullied me and so I ended up buying proper rims.

In hindsight, it was a great decision and I'm super happy with what i got. My car would look so crappy with steelies and they weren't that much cheaper. I found a good package deal for new tires and rims in the fall.

[Swift]

This board is funny sometimes.

"Everyone should have winter tires! You're a cheap ass if you don't"
"Ok, I'm gonna get these steelies"
"What? They're fugly. Spend more money"

Can't win. For the record, I'm a recent convert to winters, they're amazing and I would never go back. Got rims like Sliver's post too, but who gives a crap what someone else puts on their car as long as it does the job?

[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

This board is funny sometimes.

"Everyone should have winter tires! You're a cheap ass if you don't"
"Ok, I'm gonna get these steelies"
"What? They're fugly. Spend more money"

Can't win. For the record, I'm a recent convert to winters, they're amazing and I would never go back. Got rims like Sliver's post too, but who gives a crap what someone else puts on their car as long as it does the job?

I've noticed the same thing, about multiple topics.

It makes me wonder if I'm becoming a crotchety old man or something. Too many of the posts on here are whining about how someone else chooses to live.

I actually type out a lot of comments and then end up deleting them to not piss everyone off more than I normally do.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Look at these wheels for $99 each and compare them to steel wheels for $30 less per wheel. Why would you want to ruin the entire look of your $30,000 car to save $120? Makes no sense.

I wouldn't be caught dead with those cheesedick rims on my ride, and I'm no snob, I buy take off factory rims.

Originally Posted by btimbit

I find that cheap no name wheels like the ones sliver posted look worse than steelies

Yep. If you're going to do it cheap, you might as well admit it. There's no shame in that. TBQH, I don't think (black powder coated) steelies look bad on a car at all.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I wouldn't be caught dead with those cheesedick rims on my ride, and I'm no snob, I buy take off factory rims.



Yep. If you're going to do it cheap, you might as well admit it. There's no shame in that. TBQH, I don't think (black powder coated) steelies look bad on a car at all.

Exactly, thank you. Steelies or alloys, cheap wheels look like crap either way

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by 4X4

I wouldn't be caught dead with those cheesedick rims on my ride, and I'm no snob, I buy take off factory rims.

Dude, those were the first rims that came up in my search and illustrated my point about aluminum rims being only slightly more expensive than rusty steelies.

There are a million different types of rims in that price range so you could get anything you like. If you have a $30,000 car, are spending $600 for winter tires, and slapping them on $280 rusty rims, I'm just saying spend 0.8% more and get wheels that will look much nicer for much longer and will more than make up the extra $120 when you go to sell them when you don't need them anymore.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Dude, those were the first rims that came up in my search and illustrated my point about aluminum rims being only slightly more expensive than rusty steelies.

There are a million different types of rims in that price range so you could get anything you like. If you have a $30,000 car, are spending $600 for winter tires, and slapping them on $280 rusty rims, I'm just saying spend 0.8% more and get wheels that will look much nicer for much longer and will more than make up the extra $120 when you go to sell them when you don't need them anymore.

And all I'm saying is despite all that it still looks like crap to me. I've never seen a wheel for less than $200/each that looked decent, apart from the used market

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by btimbit

And all I'm saying is despite all that it still looks like crap to me. I've never seen a wheel for less than $200/each that looked decent, apart from the used market

There is no possible way you can say that. It's preposterous. These are $100 black Tourens on my minivan. Are you really trying to tell me steelies would have looked better? That's fataing crazy.

[4X4]

You'll be able to convert me when something that looks good on a Sierra comes available.

[sa226]

I have steel wheels on my 2003 4runner with black faded paint, a couple hail dents and cracked windshield. I like to think the ol girl has character so you can all bite me.

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