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Yes, I run snow tires every year.
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Who is running with snows this winter?
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11-28-2010, 04:23 AM
(11-27-2010, 11:07 PM)ZTWsquared Wrote: Yup - we hear ya (and you're talking mostly to the converted here) ... but unfortunately for me I have a rim fetish that does not include steelies.

Me too. My apologies. Obviously I was still not clear enough. If the stock fifteen inch rims do not fit, then it will be stock sixteen inch rims I would use in winter (stock aluminum rims probably from a later model Focus). To clarify, in summer I use 17" Volvo rims while in winter I use 16" stock Taurus aluminum rims (with appropriate tires each season.)

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Photo with 17 inch Volvo rims (used with lower profile summer tires)

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Photo with 16 inch stock Taurus rims (used with winter tires)

While the overall wheel diameter remains the same, the winter tires have more give. I probably could have gone to an even smaller rim and gained even more resiliency (sidewall height), but this option only involved buying one set of rims. (And yes, I am a long roof fan.)
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RE: Who is running with snows this winter? - SVT-WGN - 11-28-2010, 04:23 AM

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