Share your thoughts...

 

I would say it is the salt more then anything...it eats away everything...this is why I am going to garage my car for the winter...plus my car is lowered....ice equals sliding into foreign objects

 

being from the Detroit area, it is my experience that snowy cold winters destroy everything. Rims. Cars. Hope. Life. Cold winters destroy everything.
(Of course, I now live in southern California. You can take that snow and shovel it up your butt, Detroit.)

 

Its always a good idea to swap your steelies back on for the winter (if you still have them) Like said above the salt is what kills everything, plus if you go for a "little" skid into a curb or something you wont ruin your nice wheels.

 

I agree with everyone else.

Winter kills rims.

-Alex

 

Not in Phoenix, AZ. LOL

 

You beat me to the punch!!

Not in SOCAL either.........

 

The winters suck especially on the icy roads...
This is why I wanna move to central Florida...

 

Yes, Yes, Yes!

 

Winters that have salted wet snowy roads ruin rim surfaces. I assumed when I clicked on this post I'd see several "bears in the woods" and "popes with tall hats" kinds of posts but apparently that's just my mind set.
Salt is not good for metals.

In CA, winter has a relatively lessened effect on rims because the rainy season is less harsh than the snowy season. Folk intervene when it snows.....but living near the ocean does have an effect (but that's from more of a "butt dyno" type perspective. I can't prove that assertion.)

 

Wanna switch?? I sorta miss North Dakota - course I'd leave the xB here cause I can see the salt/sand eating the quarter panels.

 

Definitely the salt/sand.

 

if the salt and sand doesnt hurt them, most tires for aftermarket rims werent made for winter driving so you run the risk of sliding in to a curb. dont forget the dreaded potholes after all that salt destroys the concrete

 

My stock tC wheels are holding up well but they've only been through one Chicago winter so far (Chicago winter = SALT). Then again, I do wash my car about every week, even in the winter and I always deatil my wheels. Call me crazy, but I HATE a dirty car.

 

What is salt going to do to an alloy rim? Except maybe bond it to the steel hub from rust.

 

it's weird, us hot weather guys never think about stuff like this.

 

i lived in jersey until 2 years ago and my wheels or cars never got destroyed by winter except me hitting stuff w/ em...i at the winters here

 

I've always kept my stock wheels so I could mount snow tires on them. Low profile
tires don't do as well in the snow and I never wanted to run the chance of ruining my
custom wheels.

 

Why would you need salt on the roads? Oh yeah I live in Sun Diego, where the sun shines all year round.

 

edited....look down.