All-Season Rims?

[argos]

I'm just wondering if there are any nice looking "All-Season" Rims...cuz i used to buying All Season Tires and really want to avoid the trouble to switch winter/summers tires back and forth.

Any suggestions??

[aznkid.com]

Umm.. stock?

[Caz]

+1

[Wild Weasel]

Well first off... it's generally worth the trouble and if you can't leave the car off the roads when it snows, then you should get winter tires. That's another discussion entirely though and I'm sure the membership appreciates not having to hash it out during the warm months. :)

If you're only going to run one set of wheels with all season tires on them, the stock wheels are as good as any.

[MattC]

Just run steelies all year round.

[KenYork]

An extra set of rims?

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=18151

[MattC]

If those were 17's I would buy them to replace the snowflake Ken :)

[KenYork]

MattC try these.. remember OBO.

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=18207

[MattC]

cool but their sold, and the thread is locked :O hehe

[KenYork]

there's another set in the classifieds as well.. just do a search.. it's in the first 3 pages...

[argos]

what's the reason behind switching rims for the winter if i got All Season Tires on??

Is it the number of spokes on the rim that will expose the brakes to snow??

[majic]

all seasons suck for winter driving.. most people here get a dedicated winter tires.. there is a slew of threads on that so please search around.. nothing to do with the rims.. everything to do with the tires..

[plusvolume]

never really heard of all season rims...

basically i think if ur spending money on picking up after market rims, u should put in the extra effort to preserve them well and switch them when winter comes around.

[Chuckie]

what's the reason behind switching rims for the winter if i got All Season Tires on??

Is it the number of spokes on the rim that will expose the brakes to snow??

The purpose is that people find it more fessible to have two sets of rims
one for summer (either aftermarket or the stock ones) that have tires that are suitable for summer use (more grip on dry road, but does not do well on wet, icy, snow surfaces)
one for winter, usually steelies because they are cheap and can be bought quite economically in a package with winter tires already mounted.

It's a lot easier and cheaper to just mount a different set of tires already on rims than to buy tires that fit your summer rims (which usually means a bigger winter tire = more expensive) and switch between tires on one set of rims.

The above comment is quite right, you do not want to run your nice rims through the salt and grime of winter.

[Wild Weasel]

Many people will also run all-seasons as their summer tires for two reasons.

Firstly, most cars come with them so you might as well use them. Secondly, they tend to last longer than performance summer tires.

Regardless though, they're no good in ice and snow and swapping two types of tires on one set of wheels isn't good for the wheels or the tires.

[Caz]

Is it the number of spokes on the rim that will expose the brakes to snow??

I wouldn't worry about this, the inside of the rim is open to the elements. If brakes weren't meant to be in the snow, we would be riding dog sleds in the winter.

[argos]

thanks for all your responses. very informative and will consider everything mentioned before i make any rim/tire purchase.

[argos]

The above comment is quite right, you do not want to run your nice rims through the salt and grime of winter.

I'm not very familiar with rims, but do they rust?? how bad can they get with salt/water/etc...cuz i haven't really seen any rusted alloy rims yet.

Thanks.

[fastNugly]

Umm.. stock?

I agree. I have my stock 16's for sale