Subj : All-Terrain tires..
To   : Darkman Almighty
From : Ogg
Date : Mon Oct 04 2021 09:02 pm

Hello Darkman Almighty!

** On Sunday 03.10.21 - 20:35, Darkman Almighty wrote to Ogg:

 Og>> I need a new set of rims for my Rav4.  The rims have simply
 Og>> corroded too much and do not provide a good seal [...]

 DA> I wonder if there is anyway you can get them to grind
 DA> around the edges to form a better seal. This way you can
 DA> use the corroded rims for winter use and buy some decent
 DA> alloys for summer with tires to match. I used to have
 DA> tires swapped but now I just change the tires myself in
 DA> the driveway. ./)arkman /\lmighty.

I was imagining having the rims sand-blasted and coated with a  
nice rust-proofing paint. [But no mechanic at the service  
centre even suggested that. They just grumble and complain that  
the proper seal can't be maintained due to the corrosion.]

Then, the idea was to limit those refurbished rims for winter  
use, and purchased shiny new rims for summer use.

Meanwhile, I decided to get generic (ugly) replacement rims  
right now for this upcoming winter, and have my winter tires  
installed on them. The idea is to ride the winter with those.  
It's the fastest and least costly solution right now.  That  
gives me time to research a set of rims for summer.

The current (original) steel rims are very corroded. I'm not  
sure it's even worth keeping them (even if they were cleaned  
up) as spares for another tire-set.  I'll probably just let  
them go to the scrapyard.

At this point, I also need new summer tires anyway. I've been  
driving the current set well below recommended pressure, and  
the sidewall cracking seems to reflect that.

Or.. the idea is to simply go for allseasons and stop the tire  
swapping nonsense.

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