Winter tire shenanigans

[SPhilli911]

If you're worried about looks with steelies you can always slap on a set of these https://www.amazon.com/Pilot-Automotive-WH553-15S-BS-Universal-Spyder/dp/B00V337VNM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=15"+hubcap&qid=1602617275&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFOV1pTV0dQRjMxQ1QmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA3OTcwOTcxQjAxS1VENEU3WlM2JmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA1OTM5NTVBOVhNNVFEWFAwVSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

You all may laugh, but I really did have hub caps on my steel wheels for a season. Not for the sweet looks it got me, but it was an attempt to cover the exposed hub and minimize the rust.

Yes. They were 5 lug too.

 

[M-Sport fan]

C'mon, man! You get that cool 5-bolt look!

Might as well put some 'Alien' gangsta 'stackin' paper' spinners on it;

 

[M-Sport fan]

You all may laugh, but I really did have hub caps on my steel wheels for a season. Not for the sweet looks it got me, but it was an attempt to cover the exposed hub and minimize the rust.

Yes. They were 5 lug too.

Where was that pic taken? (That looks SOOOO inviting!)

Almost reminds me of the long gone Maine WINTER Forest Rally stage roads, except that the banks would be much higher, and no dirt/gravel would be showing through the snow cover on those roads, up near Rangeley.

 

[SPhilli911]

Where was that pic taken? (That looks SOOOO inviting!)

Almost reminds me of the long gone Maine WINTER Forest Rally stage roads, except that the banks would be much higher, and no dirt/gravel would be showing through the snow cover on those roads, up near Rangeley.

It's just some local road nearby in Connecticut. Sadly, as inviting as it looks to have fun rallying down, it is a neighborhood with occasional traffic. Just went for a photo op!

 

[Intuit]

@M-Sport fan - Wow you have managed to find the single most ignant photo I have ever seen. 😄

 

[M-Sport fan]

@M-Sport fan - Wow you have managed to find the single most ignant photo I have ever seen. 😄

Yeah, that was a pretty brain dead movie, but I wanted to show about the most asinine, gangsta cliched, 'spinner' wheels I've ever seen, so that fit the bill.

 

[EnthusiaST]

I kinda wanna Paint/Dip my winter wheels but I can’t decide on a color. Any ideas?

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[PunkST]

You have a neutral car color. So just about anything goes.

 

[BlackBeanAndRice]

I'd never plastidipped anything, but it sounded like a fun project. Black plastidip with "prismatic color shift" rust-oleum peel coat topper.

 

[M-Sport fan]

^^^Really COOL looking , but seems like a lot of work for steelies.

 

[PunkST]

It breaks up the boredom of winter wheels. Plus if it gets damaged its no biggie.

 

[Intuit]

Gloss is so good we can read that phone number. Wonder who will answer. Hmmmmm......

 

[BlackBeanAndRice]

Gloss is so good we can read that phone number. Wonder who will answer. Hmmmmm......

Thanks, lol, I do like to keep it shiny.

For inquiring minds, it's an Ecuadorian Express Taxi. My upstairs neighbor drives for them (or used to, cab ain't moved since March, cause of the 'rona. Poor thing, I haven't even seen them run the engine but once)

 

[FiestaSTdude]

This is what happened after 5 years of using steel wheels in the winters of Connecticut. The state drops chemicals on the roads that destroys cars.

I ended up leaving my steel wheels and winter tires on the curb so someone would take them and I picked up 15" Sparco Terra wheels and Michelin X-Ice tires:

I love those rims! Some day I'll put a set on my car . . .