FocusCanada Forums

2000-2004 100FT LBS
2005-Current 94FT LBS
32 PSI all sizes
4 X 108mm

Focus man, Focus.,Oct 30 2008, 11:41 AM Wrote:

NefCanuck,Oct 30 2008, 11:33 AM Wrote:

Focus man, Focus.,Oct 29 2008, 09:12 PM Wrote:And now its going to be 15C on the 31st.  Gotta love Canadian weather.
[right][snapback]275590[/snapback][/right]

I'm not complaining, the warmer it is the better the undercoating will penatrate the car's undercarriage :D (while I await my snow tires)

NefCanuck
[right][snapback]275632[/snapback][/right]

Don't take it home when you get it back. Go park in a mall parking lot or you will end up with undercoating all over your parking spot. Unless they use no-drip. Then you would be safe.
[right][snapback]275634[/snapback][/right]

:lol: I'm going straight in to work afterwards 'cause I got the very first appointment in the morning on Monday and letting it drip there (Though the stuff my place uses usually doesn't drip to any great degree)

By the time I leave work there won't be anything dripping :P

NefCanuck

meford4u,Oct 30 2008, 12:38 PM Wrote:

NefCanuck,Oct 29 2008, 03:17 PM Wrote:

meford4u,Oct 29 2008, 01:25 PM Wrote:They went on the stinken yesterday.  Try buying new ones.  It was hard to get what I wanted.
[right][snapback]275544[/snapback][/right]

You too? I went to my tire guys and the ones I want are on back order (and I have a guy ahead of me in the queue who has been waiting two weeks :blink:)

The other options they were offering me weren't that much cheaper for the "Who makes these tires?" brands so I said I'll wait.

A little over a grand (including $80 to store the Michelins)

NefCanuck
[right][snapback]275558[/snapback][/right]

Wow, that's a high price. Did you try shopping around? I got my Goodyear EAGLE UG GW3 for $850 including rims. They are supposed to be the best winter tire according to Consumer Reports and many of the reviews I have read are very favourable. Might want to ask how much your tires cost through Bramalea Tire.
[right][snapback]275644[/snapback][/right]

Thing is, none of the places that offer storage could do any better on prices (I think the scam is that they offer either "free" or low cost storage of your other tires and then blast you on the price of the tires that you buy :()

Over the winter I'll be grabbing new rims to run the Michelins on, since they are a very decent tire so far (9200km on them)

NefCanuck

Wow, 43+ replies about winter tires in October. Whodathunk it. :banger:

44

Put the all seasons on last week, no more EAP's :( . I noticed the car sat a little lower as well. Hopefully I can squeak through another winter without doing my neighbours a favour and plowing the street with my front skirt lol!!

NikiterZTS,Oct 30 2008, 12:05 PM Wrote:

Focus man, Focus.,Oct 30 2008, 10:52 AM Wrote:I did mine in less than 25 min and I did it in the dark while it was raining.  Its not rocket science.  But I do use a floor jack and not the PITA Ford throws under the spare.  My time includes Lock Nuts and Torquing to spec.  But it shouldn't be considered a race. 

This is your saftey we are talking about.  Do it once and do it right!
[right][snapback]275628[/snapback][/right]

i really wanna get tourque wrench.......howmany pounds is it suppose to be again?
[right][snapback]275630[/snapback][/right]

I've got two torque wrenches - 3/8" and 1/2". Wanna buy me some snow tires? :P :D ;)

NikiterZTS,Oct 30 2008, 07:39 AM Wrote:

thenorm,Oct 30 2008, 10:34 AM Wrote:what is this snow stuff? 2 days ago it was 19º C and sunny in Vancouver

my snow tires will stay in storage until i see the white stuff falling from the sky. and i have enough practice changing tires (due to frequent auto-x) that it only takes me like 15min for a 4 tire change
[right][snapback]275622[/snapback][/right]

sounds like you have a hoist :lol:
[right][snapback]275625[/snapback][/right]

floor jack and cordless impact wrench

doh! double post

Thanks for the size and the reading material !!

I'll pass off that info to my father!

its still nice and sunny today, winter tires aren't goin on for me yet lol

Now it seems that I jumped the gun a little. Oh well better safe than sorry

Not to worry, it warms the rubber and allow the beads to seat up properly on the beads of the rims. Though don't be smooking the tires lol.

I just put on my winter tires the other day. I'm in Sudbury so you never know when the snow is going to hit lol. They say once the temp drops to +10, it's a good time to put on the winters. I got a set of Goodyear Nordics for $200 that were used one winter only (205-55-16) I threw them on my factory 16's since I have summer tires and rims now. The car sure is a much more comfortable ride when you go from a 40 profile up to a 55 lol.

thenorm,Oct 31 2008, 05:00 PM Wrote:

NikiterZTS,Oct 30 2008, 07:39 AM Wrote:

thenorm,Oct 30 2008, 10:34 AM Wrote:what is this snow stuff? 2 days ago it was 19º C and sunny in Vancouver

my snow tires will stay in storage until i see the white stuff falling from the sky. and i have enough practice changing tires (due to frequent auto-x) that it only takes me like 15min for a 4 tire change
[right][snapback]275622[/snapback][/right]

sounds like you have a hoist :lol:
[right][snapback]275625[/snapback][/right]

floor jack and cordless impact wrench
[right][snapback]275767[/snapback][/right]

hey how do you like the cordless impact?
does it have enough tourque?

So thanks to me installing my snow tires its going to be like 20 degrees today. But I am heading to Buffalo on Saturday so I will probably see some snow there. It always snows in Buffalo. LOL

NikiterZTS,Nov 2 2008, 04:56 PM Wrote:

thenorm,Oct 31 2008, 05:00 PM Wrote:

NikiterZTS,Oct 30 2008, 07:39 AM Wrote:

thenorm,Oct 30 2008, 10:34 AM Wrote:what is this snow stuff? 2 days ago it was 19º C and sunny in Vancouver

my snow tires will stay in storage until i see the white stuff falling from the sky. and i have enough practice changing tires (due to frequent auto-x) that it only takes me like 15min for a 4 tire change
[right][snapback]275622[/snapback][/right]

sounds like you have a hoist :lol:
[right][snapback]275625[/snapback][/right]

floor jack and cordless impact wrench
[right][snapback]275767[/snapback][/right]

hey how do you like the cordless impact?
does it have enough tourque?
[right][snapback]275820[/snapback][/right]

yes and no. i have the Canadian tire one. it has only 80lb.ft. so i have to break loose the bolts by hand, but it'll zip them off n on quick. then i just use the torque wrench and im done.