advisory: snow chains

with certain snow chain types, remember to mask your lips before installing the chains.

i forgot and my rims got scratched up pretty nice.





p.s. if you are heading up to bear mountain this week.chains ARE NEEDED(reports may say chains aren't required on the 330/18 but you WILL NEED it for big bear ave), but  chains arent necessary till the end of HWY 18. 330 definately doesnt need it. (and this was through heavy conditions.)


drive safe, have fun, merry christmas:biggthumpup:

Why would you roll there on your nice wheels? I'd throw the stocks back on. I wouldn't even take my car. Haha.

I wouldnt even take my car either hah.

What the....



Why would you put snow chains on anything ?

Super ghetto.

[QUOTE=firelizard;214790]What the....



Why would you put snow chains on anything ?

Super ghetto.[/QUOTE]

not sure why i put them on...



im sure it had something to do with snow and ice though. maybe....just maybe.:pat:

greatest thread ever now pics please...

i was there on monday - wednesday, during the worst storm of the season... but in my evo... its a beast in the snow

[quote=chrispy;214754]Why would you roll there on your nice wheels? I'd throw the stocks back on. I wouldn't even take my car. Haha.[/quote]
becuase you are a pansy

LMAO @ this thread.  I was telling my boy the other day that I was going to photoshop some snow chains on my wheels to see if the trend spreads to Japan

[QUOTE=vzuptnguyen;214791]
im sure it had something to do with snow and ice though. maybe....just maybe.:pat:[/QUOTE]

:smiley-rofl:
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I know a thing or two about snow and ice. And one of those things is I've never seen anybody use snow chains ever in my life.

they use them reguarly in japan

^Pix on a VIP car or it didn't happen

[QUOTE=Yokotas13;214945]they use them reguarly in japan[/QUOTE]

Weren't you saying last year that nobody can drive in the snow without mayhem in Japan?

[QUOTE=firelizard;214944]:smiley-rofl:

I know a thing or two about snow and ice. And one of those things is I've never seen anybody use snow chains ever in my life.[/QUOTE]
...really? i dont see how thats possible. everyone up in the mountains has to use chain and a lot of times its required by the CHP (california highway patrol) during snowy weather.



...wait are u messing with me?

even a lot of trucks and tractors have to use them.

mainly only things up there are good are subies and 4x4 trucks.

sorry for all the pics, i hope you arent just pulling my (snow) chains. haha
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lol, no, I'm not pulling your leg

Nobody ever uses chains here.

I guess you guys don't sand the streets, but still... wow!

This is last year, with snow tires:
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I've seen a few with chains here in Victoria this past week.  Often we barely get a week of snow a year so its not worth buying snow tires.  Because of the lack of snow we are always unprepared for it ie lack of snow plows.

I was going to borrow some chains and put them on my stock 17" wheels on my F50 but they were for 14-16" wheels.

the reason the guy from winnipeg has not seen them is because it is flat there... out here in the mountains some people put them on for the final stretch of the road to the ski hill

this is how my car is sitting right now haha

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[quote=firelizard;214947]Weren't you saying last year that nobody can drive in the snow without mayhem in Japan?[/quote]
im talking about for like skiing and stuff
not around town

So how are V8 RWD cars on chains? My Q is an epic FAIL on snow. Cant even get it up my driveway when there is a few inches of powder on the ground. I have to admit though... i have shit tires.

my turbo 6 wasnt too bad. i did fin until i got to totally frozed bridges. then i had to idle along.

ya my q45 is terrible in snow I have to just let the torque of the motor in drive push me along at idle or I slide

[quote=firelizard;215035]lol, no, I'm not pulling your leg
 
Nobody ever uses chains here.
 
I guess you guys don't sand the streets, but still... wow!
 
This is last year, with snow tires:
[IMG]http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/2747/36077869fj9.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
FWD

[QUOTE=crazyboi;216141]FWD[/QUOTE]

Doesn't mean more traction

Besides, point was that nobody uses chains here.

Im sure no one uses chains in places where is snow tires are required.  We So cal people arnt use to the snow fall and when CHP says chains required we have no choice.  I ran my Subi up to Mammoth and had no chains and no snow tires and it was fine with just all season tires.  But to this thread next time use your stock wheels if you going to put chains =)

[QUOTE=AutofashionFred;216469]Im sure no one uses chains in places where is snow tires are required.  We So cal people arnt use to the snow fall and when CHP says chains required we have no choice.  I ran my Subi up to Mammoth and had no chains and no snow tires and it was fine with just all season tires.  But to this thread next time use your stock wheels if you going to put chains =)[/QUOTE]

i dont have stockies =[

ill have some pics up for all you curious georges out there.

Steel wheels and cheap tires man. Sooooo worth it to have a set that you can just abuse in bad weather =)

sucks for your wheels.
 
and by snow tires, do you really mean studded tires? and is your area all flat? cuz that is nothing like driving along a mountainside............

Man I have been all over the mid west and even in the foot hills and plains often you will need chains.


I hated FWD in the snow, I never had any luck with anything FWD in the snow, RWD and good snow tires FTW.
Except for those occasions when they tell you that you must have snow tires I would just get a good set of cheap ass wheels and a good set of snow tires with spikes. I would just stay away from those spots that say you must have chains.

I gotta see these pics. I bet they aren't as bad as my last set. All we get is ice and slush here!

VIP + snow = snowplow