Can someone explain to me why so many people keep telling me to buy metal rims for my winter tires instead of using my alloy rims?
I've been driven 2 cold as fuck canadian winters with them and I've had no issue other than them being getting dirty. They have no scratches nothing. Someone even told me my aluminium rims will break down in the winter cold, snow and road salt...?
All rims are metal.
I just thought you should know.
>>15248640
They bend easier if you hit something hidden in the snow or by chance slide on ice into something.
Thats the only good reason I know. Steelies are much cheaper to replace.
>>15248640
alum rims are painted and clearcoated
salt eats clearcoat.
steelies arent a meme
>>15248753
Not op but anything past 2010 has corrosion resistant rims as standard.
>>15248640
Steel is real. Better ask /n/
>>15248741
koenigsegg makes carbon fiber one
>>15248640
This can happen
I think its mainly because it'll be wheels you dont give a shit about, and because steelies are cheap. Winter tires are, as I understand it, something you have to buy aftermarket in the US, and nobody really ever includes it with the car when you're buying it new
Here in Norway nearly all cars sold new come with alloy wheel sets with tires, for both summer and winter
The winter OEM steelies i got with my corolla shitbox are lighter than the summer """""""alloys""""""" for the same car.
>>15248741
>All rims are metal.
Factually incorrect. Some are made of carbon fiber(see Mustang GT350R), and in the past, some were wooden.
>>15248640
>I've been driven 2 cold as fuck canadian winters with them and I've had no issue other than them being getting dirty. They have no scratches nothing. Someone even told me my aluminium rims will break down in the winter cold, snow and road salt...?
And they were correct. Salt, grit, and moisture from ice and snow are not a good environment for any metal, and you are risking your aluminum wheels when you could just get a set of steel wheels that can be beaten on, and come spring cleaned up, painted and stored away for the next season. If you get into a real bad situation and smack a curb or manage some other damage, the steel wheel is much cheaper to fix or replace.
>>15248640
Steels are
>cheaper
>stronger (and can be bent back into shape). Good when you hit something hidden by the snow
>heavier, better for snow.
I've driven past two winters on my alloy rims but that is due to not having a second set for my winters. Saving up for a steel pair for this year onward.
>>15251931
>heavier
not necessarily, see >>15251817
But probably 99% of the time yes
>>15250605
And that lasts for how long?
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