Set of Slightly Used WInter Tires/Rims

Living in Chicago has its ups and downs. One of them being snow tires for rear wheel drive cars (you decide whether that is a positive or a negative). I just bought a set of CTSV rims with Blizzaks (1 season of use on the mx03 rft and 6lug rims are impossible to find) and I just recieved them today. Should I be suprised that all the tires need to be remounted to eliminate bead leaks? The speedline rims (aluminum alloy) probably froze on the truck so I am betting the rim shrunk slightly. I am probably going tomorrow morning to have the local Firestone remount and balance. Interested in your opinion...

Also, what should be a fair price for this...?

ROTARY_X_7 wrote: Living in Chicago has its ups and downs. One of them being snow tires for rear wheel drive cars.

I don't know what you're talking about. I drove a Crown Vic in winter with performance tires on them when I was 16!

Now that I look at that, it raises the question, why did the Vic have summer performance tires and the BMW not?

My old 94 Thunderbird SC was the same way. Heavy and easy goin, this is till I went down that step hill and the tail end snapped out on a snowy day. Missed a tree and telephone box by thismuch.

Winter tires are worth it IMO.

In reply to ROTARY_X_7:

If you check on Tirerack (you may have to start a fake purchase), you can get prices for their local dealers for mounting/balancing...

There was a wide range, I think I ended up paying around $20-25 a tire, but there were some places that wanted $60 for anything under a 55 profile...

do you have a CTSV? The first generation ones are 6 lug, and won't fit on much else aside from trucks and SUVs.

I just had four tires taken off and new installed and balanced for $ 71.17 including NYS sales tax.

Well, net result, the beads were DESTROYED from the previous tire shop for one reason or another hence why it wasn't holding air. Literally a foot of the bead one the worst tire was shredded and every other one had major gouges. Wonderful. Would have cost me only 60 bucks out the door balanced etc, etc, etc, but instead it was a new set of tires expensive

Luckily the guy who sold em to me is being reasonable, as he thought they were 100% good (there was 8-9/32s on every tire)

Yes I have a first gen V which is impossible to source aftermarket rims for cheap. The 6 lug design is a typical truck config, but none of those rims are designed to clear the huge brembo calipers the V carries. hence why I bought a used OEM set for winter.