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The changing of the tires
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:22 pm
by ~MRVIBE2006~
Now that I went to the two set of tires (winter and summer), when does anyone change into their winter shoes? Since it's mid-November and the snow is coming (soon!), I don't want to be caught without my winter shoes on. Maybe at the beginning of the month (December)? Or right after turkey day? I know it wont take long to make the change.Opinions?
Re: The changing of the tires (~MRVIBE2006~)
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:35 pm
by kunkstyle
Mine are on already. I generally swap when the weather is consistently below 7 (degrees C). Do you have the winters on their own rims? Or do you need to go to a tire shop to swap them? If you have 2 sets of rims and swap them yourself, I'd wait until the snow flies.
Re: The changing of the tires (kunkstyle)
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:40 pm
by ~MRVIBE2006~
My snow tires are on their own rims (stock 16" alloys). I will probably wait till the snow flies here. We never know exactly WHEN we will get the first snow. Will just have to keep up on the forecasts.
Re: The changing of the tires (~MRVIBE2006~)
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:46 pm
by kevera
Unfortunately,I'm in winter mode already
Re: The changing of the tires (~MRVIBE2006~)
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:50 pm
by Mo4iu
I just got my winter rims & tires swapped yesterday. They say that winter tires are needed for cold temps and not just when the snow flies so I decided to go ahead now. I haven't seen mention of what they consider cold but I figured I'd beat the rush since I have them put on at the tire store. (Frisby on Merivale in Ottawa....nice people.)
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:41 pm
by Sublimewind
I usually wait till after the 2nd or 3rd snow, they never stick.... I wait till the dieing end...
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:30 am
by mistertwo
I just changed mine last week, got to keep em on longer than normal!
Re: The changing of the tires (~MRVIBE2006~)
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:40 am
by BlueCrush
I would do it after the first snow falls.I have all-season's on my w/AWD Vibe so I'm always in winter mode. lol.
Re: The changing of the tires (BlueCrush)
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:32 am
by Mavrik
We have the option to use studded winter tires up here in alaska. State law allows them to be installed as soon as Sept 15th so from about then to now we do a lot of tire change overs at the dealership.Myself I put my studded winter tires on usually when the frost is getting thick but before the snow falls. My stock tires are only summer tires so frost is just as slippery as snow in those things.
Re: The changing of the tires (Mavrik)
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:05 am
by Raven
I'm still on my fall tires, Nokian WRs. It snowed a bit today. I'll put the real snows, Dunlop M4s in December.