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Originally Posted by Elgancho
noob question: why buy a whole new set of wheels to go with winter tires? is it that difficult to just switch out your tires twice a year? and why steel?
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You don't want to constantly keep swapping tires of/on your rims. The more you do it the more wear on the rim and the tire seal from constantly changing will increase the risk of damage to either since getting tires on/off wheels takes a lot of force. Those machines exert a huge amount of pressure to get the tire on/off, and all it takes is one time, one inexperienced person doing it and you're replacing either a damaged rim or tire. Sure they would probably pay for it but who needs the hassle?! Plus having dedicated winter tire on dedicated wheels makes the change over a breeze, since you don't need to go to a garage to have remove and put on your tires. I do my own change over in my driveway just with the spare tire jack. Take me 1/2hr per car.