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JayT
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16th Nov 06 at 17:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
people take off their alloys for the winter and put different ones on?

[Edited on 16-11-2006 by corsa boy Jay T]
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salt will eat away at the wheels
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so they dont get damaged, especially if its icy... some peoples wheels cost a fortune
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It makes them feel big!!
JayT
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how does the salt damage them, surely it must take time for that to happen if it does that is, im not convinced!

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Salt can eat away at the laquer, if you clean them regularly it will be fine! Its a marmite thing to do..tbh ive never done it. I spend money on nice wheels to have them on my car not spend 6 months in the garage while I run scabby wheels with shit tyres!!

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no, salt takes a day or 2 to disfigure the rim. often the added salt on the road can cause the wheel to distort a bit, making it not as round
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never done this and never will

I have used my wheels throughout the winter before and they still look like new
Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
no, salt takes a day or 2 to disfigure the rim. often the added salt on the road can cause the wheel to distort a bit, making it not as round


Do you live in chernobyl
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my dad has winter tyres on his winter alloys - so swaps them over for Novemeber to February - then back to the bigger wheels/sport tyres for the better weather
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i can tell by looking at the picture the salt has affected the rolling radius and they are actually gradually shirking. do you suffer from flat tyres often?
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quote:
Originally posted by whitter45
never done this and never will

I have used my wheels throughout the winter before and they still look like new





Same here.....cooked on brake dust is a bigger worry tbh.
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yes I have to agree as my brakes are close to the rim so alot of heat generated

That pic was from last week
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to be honest, i have just put my new wheels on about a month or so ago and i clean them about once every 4 or 5 days, surely your paint can only get damaged by salt if you dont wash them for weeks on end! i dont want to have to put my shitty steelies back on for months to be honest!

[Edited on 16-11-2006 by corsa boy Jay T]
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
i can tell by looking at the picture the salt has affected the rolling radius and they are actually gradually shirking. do you suffer from flat tyres often?


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i dont get it, spend loads on alloys to not show them? might as well not buy em in the first place
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i agree!
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i dont get it, spend loads on alloys to not show them? might as well not buy em in the first place


Well i do know where your coming from but it's like buying a pair of £100 trainers, would you were them to walk the dog or fix your car??? No you'd wear shiity old shoes that you don't mind getting dirty.
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i dont get it, spend loads on alloys to not show them? might as well not buy em in the first place



missing the point mate, i , and others, take wheels off over winter to protect them so that when the snow etc is gone ,they aint kerbed or damaged by the salt
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I can understand why if you have 'show car' but not just some standard corsa with a decent set of wheels.
Saying that i live in area that doest get much snow so ive not really seen the effects of salt on my wheels - i persinally wudnt take em off
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could say the same about those with 2 cars...
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its so people can say things like:

'Ive fitted my winter wheels'

makes them feel important.
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quote:
Originally posted by MatthewR
I can understand why if you have 'show car' but not just some standard corsa with a decent set of wheels.
Saying that i live in area that doest get much snow so ive not really seen the effects of salt on my wheels - i persinally wudnt take em off



well move up here , u ll last about a day with your alloys on,before they go white with all the salt etc

jus feels better to have them off knowen they wont get corroded or kerbed?
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how do i get writing under my posts? like dav a has v sport coming soon?
JayT
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nah on a more serious note guys, i would like to know weather they would get damaged by salt just by not cleaning after a few days or not cleaning for weeks, also what actually happpens to the wheels, do they just fade or something?

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