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12-17-2013, 06:17 PM | #1 |
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Changed Summers for Winters Today
I haven't changed or rotated any tires for at least 8 years, partly because I was overseas for 6 years and partly because I have had someone else worry about it. So here I am now, retired, feeling reasonably good today, so I thought I'd give it a go. I was going to wait until the younger muscle power arrived for Christmas, but thought I'd do it anyway. Boy have I got older and weaker in 8 years.
I pulled off the 18" Apex Arc-8 shod with 235/40 Michelin PSS and put on the 17" OEM Multispoke 284 wheels shod with Blizzak 225/45 LM-25 RFT. The weight difference is huge. The Arc-8s were really light; the OEM and RFTs not so. It took me a couple of tires before I remembered how to make it less necessary to use muscle power. I was using the jack that came with the spare tire I bought with the go-flats. Worked pretty good. The Michelin PSS tread looks pretty good for 15k miles; no uneven wear and they look like they're good for quite a few more miles, at least another 15k. I changed to winters as a contingency plan; haven't had any real reason to do so yet here in MD. I think if I continue to do this DIY, when the Blizzaks wear out, if ever during the lifetime of this car, I might get a lighter set of rims.
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For winter driving I would advise against lighter rims. I'm not sure what temps you see, but with the amount of pieces of ice I hit, and plow blade ridges from hard pack, I am happy with heavy rims that can take the hits in cold temperatures. Normal morning temps I see are about -4F to -25F.
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The light wheels are a lot more fun to mount/unmount. Just be glad I've never asked you to help with my wife's X5 wheels: 20x11.5 with 325s (and they're RFTs to boot) |
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