Since my rear decided to be on the wear bars by 34,000KM on my tesla. It was traction light, wiggle, traction light wiggle everywhere I went.

Scored a set of pretty much brand new Vredestein Hypertrac for cheap on marketplace, dated 2022

damn.... I have to say, its actually really good. I can once again floor it everywhere in the wet and the traction light dont even come on...

I am super impressed for the wet performance, so now I just hope snow will be passable, I dont need it to be good, but enough to get me to work. But the wet stuff!!! Woot

I have a feeling it's gonna be a 13 hours on Alex Fraser year again [emoji88]

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Was driving Miata last night in Calgary and it was 3C... this morning I'm shovelling 4-5" of snow... it begins....

you should really buy a snow blower now. no point in shoveling.

I originally posted in the wrong thread.

Just switched over to my winters.

Some guy in my complex drove over asking me how much I charge for swapping over to winters. I said to him I don't do this for anyone. He says, "Why not? I see you have all the tools so you're a mechanic."

I said to him, "I'm not a mechanic. I'm lucky that my wheels haven't fallen off yet." He laughed and drove away. :D

Tell him you only work on Porsches and Toyotas. Nothing else

I wonder if Costco will have any BF/CM deals for next week.

Do you guys actually re-torque your wheels after you do a swap? I used to but found that whether I did them or not I've never had a problem with my lugs loosening so I've stopped doing it. I also don't drive much so I only go a max of 5000km between wheel swaps so maybe it never becomes an issue.

Thought they said it was gonna be a mild winter:

https://theconvergencezone.com/2024/...y-late-summer/

I usually torque, drive around the block or two blocks, come home and retorque.

Yeah wow that's weird. And it's 7C over here.

Been itching to try these Viking 7s damn it.

I've got them on our Kia Soul, driving around in the ice and snow in Calgary today and it was like I was driving on a dry road. You're going to love them.

I torque them because I'm not a mechanic and I don't trust myself swapping over my wheels. :D

I do what EvoFire does. Most of my driving is highway (because Toronto) so I retorque a few times and pray that I don't cause a fiery crash on the 401 and end up on CP24.

Everywhere I have heard has said it will be average temps and above average precipitation/storm cycles in the PNW.

I recheck for peace of mind but I don't think I've ever had a wheel loosen off. I always torque them with the tire touching the ground but not fully down so hopefully that ensures it can seat fully.

I re-torque my wheels every time after I swap a new set on, but I'd have to drive the car for anywhere between 50 - 100km before the re-torquing is useful. If I try to re-torque too early, everything is still tight.

With the FWD Mazda, lug nuts on the rear wheels are rarely loose, but I'll do them anyway. The fronts would generally have a few lug nuts that needs a bit of re-torquing.

With the RWD car, usually 1 or 2 lugs on each wheel would need a little bit of re-torquing.

I've lost a lugnut back in the day. I've been quite diligent about torqing ever since.

i usually retorque after a half tank of gas. never once in 20+ years have i had a loose lug, but better safe than sorry.

winter wheel update:
the set up i got quoted a few page back are sold out... the search continues!

I was excited for you when you found a set! :okay:

^^ I found some oem m40i with winters on fbm, they’re in north van. Made him an offer, hopefully he doesn’t sell them before I can make it over next month.

I could hold onto them for you if only 1 month.

I can grab them if you want

thanks guy! 2 very generous offers :ahwow:
i dont want to trouble you guys. i'll be heading over on a weekday so it might be tricky to arrange a meet up time with my tight schedule and your workday. the seller works from home so pickup time is flexible.

Don't want you to lose a sale for a second time. If you change your mind, hit us up.

:thumbs: thanks again!