I would like to purchase TWO (2) "take off rims" from some one that purchased other custom rims. Would like the less expensive ones from the "pure" since these new ones will only be used for a few months out of the year with studded snow tires.
Our wheels are one piece and the rim is not removable, sorry forgot we are pandering to the "youth market" and will abort the language to that end...
karl
Our wheels are one piece and the rim is not removable, sorry forgot we are pandering to the "youth market" and will abort the language to that end...
karl
Apparently, 1959 learned the same terms I learned as a kid. I knew exactly what he meant. You had a "tire", mounted on a "rim" which made a "wheel". One without the other did not make a wheel, because you needed all three to move your car.
Nowadays, people call the rim the "wheel" which is wrong.
I'd bet 1959 Imperial knows a thing or two about driving in the snow, and knows that the most benefit will be gained by snows in the rear. This whole "four matching mud and snow tires" thing is a bow to the fact that current M&S tires are compromises that allow running them all year. Also due to the fact that front wheel drive cars handle completely differently from RWD. All hail the vast army of safety minded drones, who know that drivers can't be trusted to figure out that winter takes different driving than summer.
It should really be considered the only approach, because fitting just 2 winter tires is simply unsafe.
The wheels themselves are quite inexpensive ($70-$80 each) from smart, and the tires cost roughly the same.
Thanks for the correction on the nomenclature - winter tires, not snow tires (my bad) Different rubber compound for cold temperatures than our OEM "all season" tires. So, with only two on the rear, better grip on the driven wheels (good), less grip on the steering and primary braking wheels (bad) - but it's the OP's car so he should do whatever he wants.
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