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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 02:49 PM
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to drive my 18s with summer KDW 2 in snow?




Snow will hit my area on wednesday and I won't have the time/means to take off the summer rims/tires until saturday.

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Old Dec 3, 2007 | 03:45 PM
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eeek! be very very careful lady and put some stockies back on her!
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:04 PM
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drive carefull, and make sure to clean the rims really good to get the salt completely off of them!
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:06 PM
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Find another car to drive. Driving in the snow with summer/sport tires is next to impossible.
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:08 PM
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uhm...before you freak out claudia, it is only a 20 to 30 % chance of snow wednesday.

but yeah, if it does, aliantha won't be going anywhere. borrow your twin's rolla.
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:17 PM
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Crapo. =/

I guess rolla it is
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:33 PM
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California ROX!!1

Yeah yeah, we got earth quakes and fires... but those won\'t make me change my tires
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:38 PM
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or you could just get a set of all season rubber.
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by draxcaliber
or you could just get a set of all season rubber.
I already got the winter tires mounted on the stockies.
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:42 PM
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I have another question.....will the tires be ok in this cold weather (with no snow but temperatures going down to 10F?)
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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C just make sure you clean the wheels afterwards, i couldnt image that those tires would be absolutly horrible in the snow... unless its a lot of snow then i would be worried.

dont you have stockers with tires on them??
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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just stay on the safe side and remove ur lip and change the shoes. Well there's a sentence i never thought i'd say...
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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yup but i cant mount them till saturday
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by tC4italy
yup but i cant mount them till saturday
Make the BF do it
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott8
Originally Posted by tC4italy
yup but i cant mount them till saturday
Make the BF do it

he won't be back till friday
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 05:09 PM
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well if it snows a lot, take the bus
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 05:16 PM
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No bus that takes me from home to work
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 05:19 PM
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nearest bus station for me is 4 miles.
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 05:22 PM
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take different means of tsansport C, I had my ultra high performance summer tires n light rims on when I had the frist snowfall, I couldnt hook for shizz. I was going down a huge hill to get to my house, and the box was everywhere, dropped it down and barley got over 10mph, just couldnt hook up, now I got my allseason stockies on
Old Dec 3, 2007 | 05:30 PM
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I don't know, but I think you should do okay if you just ride slow enough.

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