Winter general
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So /o/ the first major snowfall of the year has arrived here in Michigan. How are you preparing your vehicle for the coming dorifto times? Also, winter general thread
Pic related, the drift truck and friends
Buying sandbags and building a frame to hold them over the trucks rear axle. Bought winter tires.
Put on my Michelin Alpin winter tires today. That's basically all I have to do apart from shoveling and gritting the driveway when it snows.
>bald summer tires
>welded diff
>rwd
I'm ready
>>13904567
pretty much in this camp
>>13904567
>Moved my bald tires to the front
>Drive a mini truck with a iron block
How fucked am I?
>>13904627
Better keep your foot planted if you dont want to understeer into a tree.
My car pros
>94 jeep grand cherokee
>godly i6 4.0
>abs
>slush box trans
Cons
>rwd
>no traction control
>no stability control
>shitty bald and bubbling wrangler r/t from texas
>abs
>slush box trans
>1994
Its not that bad, already got hit because im chicago land
Just gota take it slow and give a big middle finger to anyone pissed off behind you who is in a hurry
>>13904392
wya? 248 fag checking in
>minivan last year
>civic this year
at least i have a handbrake now
>>13904853
269 Kalamazoo reporting. Still a bit too much traction for proper hooning. That said
>based LR4 equipped
>revs for days
For a truck engine anyway
What are the best winter performance tires on the market?
I'm buying cookie sheets tonight because fwd fight me /o/
>>13904908
On ice and snow, studless; Nokian Hakkapeliitta R2
On ice and snow, studded; Nokian Hakkapeliitta R8
All-around winter tire (good performance on all areas); Goodyear UltraGrip Ice2 studless
>>13904908
hakkapeloozi or whatever the real name is
> A4 2.0T AWD
> Winter tires
> ABS, ESP
I`m ready.
>>13904908
Blizzaks
expand my emergency shit list:
kitty litter, ice scraper, chemical hand warmer, tarp, ???
>almost December
>barely below 0°C
This winter sucks already
>>13904392
I put the S2000 into storage and bought a bus pass.
>>13904898
me
>40% tread all seasons
>2500lb car
my teenager hoon boner wont go down
>TFW bought snow tires for this season
>Tfw it was 50º today in late november
feels good mayne.
Well gents, OP back here, it's 3am and the first hooning session of the season was a rousing success. If you live in the southwest michigan area I'd highly recommend taking advantage of our stupid low gas prices and heading out soon. Godspeed you magnificent bastards
>winter tires on
>6 inches on the ground
>ready to hit the snow
>glass fogs up big time
>try opening the window
>try AC+heat
>heater not producing any heat
>looking to get the coolant flushed come monday to see if that helps
at least I ripped one whole skid before it fogged up to hell
>>13904392
did a few doughnuts in a parking lot in my genesis then when i went to leave i jumped a curb i didnt see til i was 5 feet away. luckily the like 12 inches of snow mounded over it made it feel like just hitting a large speedbump rather than tearing my bumper off, cracking my rad and intercooler, and generally fucking my shit up. fun times!
>>13904765
Chicagoland here too. almost got rear ended today too in my 300k mile beater but no such luck.
I'm wondering if I should run my 71 sport fury through the winter. I live in Wisconsin where it gets really cold, really snowy, and they use salt on the roads.
My quarter panels are already rusted beyond belief and I have new tires on it. I'm planning on fixing the quarters in the spring.
>>13904956
Down comforter to bundle up in, case you get stranded.
>>13909091
If you actually care about restoring that car you're just going to make everything so much worse. Old cars have tons of nooks and crannies that salt/slush collect in, which is partially why they rust so bad compared to newer cars.
>winter tires
>rust proofing on all the exposed spots
>large rolls of lead in the boot
>new 2 x 70w LED extra headlights tomorrow
Weekly washes and waxing with underbody panel scrubbing.
Fuck you, Wisconsin salt. Seriously.
>>13904392
Got some Michelin snow tires in the mail and I'm resolving as many electrical problems as I can before I can't move my fingers any more. I might do some rust proofing but I'm already planning on replacing the floor next spring anyways
here we go
>>13904392
>slide climate control switch from cool to heat
done
>>13909136
>>new 2 x 70w LED extra headlights tomorrow
Cibie?
>>13907888
Replace your thermostat, its stuck closed
also try Rain X anti-fog on the windows, works wonders
>>13909386
>live near Sacramento Ca
same
although i do need to replace the wiper blades for the couple rain storms we'll eventually get
>>13904908
Bridgestone blizzaks or Pirelli Sottozeros.
Now sure if the blizzaks are high-speed rated, but the Sottozeros are
>>13909386
>live in Houston
>Climate control stays on maximum cold, all year long
The most I will do is turn the a/c off in winter usually.
>Warmer and dryer than average winter expected up North
>tfw its 50 fucking degrees out right now
>last year it snowed in fucking September
>tfw will never rip mad skids in the doofmobile
Fucking south Dakota. I swear to god I find a new reason to get pissed at this state every month.
