Originally Posted by HCBPH

I have winter rims and tires for my trucks. Put the summer rims and tires away and put on the winters. When you live in the rust belt, you need all the help you can. Additionally, you don't risk having the bead damaged on the tires when switching from one to the other. You also don't have your good rims bathed in slush and salt all the time.

I have 3 vehicles with alloys and none get run in the winter. I have steels and winter treads for all of them.

My 2 cents

Paul

Originally Posted by Fogducker

I bought some FX4 rims off a 05 F150 (17") to run on my 09 F150 XLT for winter rims, turns out that they rub on the caliper just slightly, wondering if I should just let them wear (alloy softer than the cast so the rim will wear)