Mounted Tires

Posted on | January 26, 2011 | Comments Off

Mounted Tires

Do I need to buy rim together with snow tires? What are the problems if I buy snow tires only?

I bought and installed snow tires last year and threw out old tires since they were worn. In the spring, I bought new set of tires and have snow tires unmounted.

Now winter comes again. I want to have the old snow tires mounted. I heard somewhere that the rim cannot afford too many times of mounting and remounting. Is this true? Should I buy rims to go with the snow tires? What are the problems if I don't buy extra rims?

Thanks in advance.

You don't have to but I would recommend it. This is what I do on all of my vehicles.

Separate rims for both sets of tires makes swapping each season much easier. It also saves wear and tear on the tire beads. Winter tires have thick beads to withstand multiple mounts and dismounts but non-winter tires don't.

Over the long haul the extra set of wheels might even be cheaper since you don't have to pay to have the tires dismounted, remounted and balanced twice a year. With separate rims you can even swap them out yourself in your driveway or garage.

I would recommend steel wheels if available for the winter tires. They are very inexpensive and more resistant to corrosion damage than alloys. If a steel wheel is not an option choose an alloy wheel that is inexpensive and simple in design (ie: relatively easy to clean). Road salt eats alloy wheel finishes alive. Tirerack.com is a great place to find steel or alloy wheels that meet these specs.

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what are the chances of damage to alloy wheels in mounting tires?

A Walmart Service center called my attention to a lip crack on the inside of my Cadillac alloy wheel during a routine tire rotation. They orginally installed the tires and denied any responsibitality for the damage. The car has not been in any type of accident and no algnment problems.

I think it would be really hard to do doing a tire rotation. Even if they were new tires and they threw them on a mounting machine, it's relatively gentle. You should think back to any major potholes that may've caught you buy surprise. It's pretty difficult for a person to do some damage like that unintentionally.

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