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Running SRT chrome Rep rims in winter??

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#1 ·
Wondering anyones experience with the srt chrome rep rims, or any chrome rim for that matter running them thru winter in snow and all the road salt. I actually got these rims before last winter and waited to mount them because I didnt want to ruin them from snow and salt, but now that I have them on I figured i'd just keep them on since the tires I have on them are rated pretty good in snow, and the tires on my stock 17's are junk and almost got me killed a few times last winter. Im cheap and dont feel like buying snow tires for my stockers if I dont have to. Should I be worried, was thinking just wash the rims down daily with a bucket of warm water and keep the salt off as much as possible.



Here's a pic of my dirty rim, just cuz I know people like threads with pix.:D
 
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#5 ·
chrome doesnt like salt.....keep them sprayed off and protected with whatver sealant or wax you have....like weekly if theres a lot of salt on the roads
 
#6 ·
Here's a pic of what my car looks like all thru winter after first snow fall. During winter I always turn off my garden faucet and blow out the line from keep the pipes from bursting so I would never wash the bitch, but i'll plan on hitting the self car wash to at least do my rims.

 
#7 ·
im inthe same boat here timmy. we blow out sprinklers and take in hoses early October. so its the coin-op self wash. one cool thing they got, but it does cost a buck, is the undercarriage wash. i use that when its snowy here.

today was third time I used my snowblower already this season. we had about a foot.
 
#8 ·
im inthe same boat here timmy. we blow out sprinklers and take in hoses early October. so its the coin-op self wash. one cool thing they got, but it does cost a buck, is the undercarriage wash. i use that when its snowy here.

today was third time I used my snowblower already this season. we had about a foot.

Oh wow, its getting really cold here at night but we wont see snow till late December or even January judging from past years. Today did suck for weather though, even though it was about 59 degrees out it rained since yestarday so i didnt get to do anything to my car. I bought a bunch of cans of rubberized undercoating I wanted to spray on everywhere under the car, since there is a decent amount of rusted areas already. Its actually more rust than I would of expected for it being an 05. And seeing pix before of other peoples WK's I see its not that uncommon. I saw that vendor u linked above and asked them what I should use for my paint and wheels, I NEED something on asap before the bad weather.
 
#9 ·
Let me know if you want my stock 17's Timmy. I don't mind loaning them or selling them to you.
 
#13 ·
Nope not at all.. Im always willing to help someone out if I could and thats just my personality brotha..
 
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#15 ·
Yeah I checked out Joann carpets website and couldn't find anything so I will continue to look tomorrow and let you know. Thanks
 
#16 ·
Yeah I checked out Joann carpets website and couldn't find anything so I will continue to look tomorrow and let you know. Thanks

What color you have in there now, can you find a pic of the interior or color? I have some places I can look to find something. What color is the plastic trim back there, same as the carpet?
 
#17 ·
Yeah it's like a creamish color. Let me see if I can get a picture. I will pm you.
 
#19 ·
Start a thread and throw it out there.
 
#20 ·
Move to the south.

chris
 
#22 ·
Especially last winter!! I fawkin worked outside the whole winter running underground pipes, mounting transformers, service panels, and wiring. It was brutal.
 
#25 ·
I've had mine through 4 PA winters so far and the undercarriage still looks great, I havnt sprayed it with anything. I have very little if any rust and drive it all the time in salt during the winter but I have seen some WK's with some pretty bad looking rust under them.
 
#29 ·
Prob about 3" and skinny... LOL
I'm going to have Mario do the undercarrage treatment in late March when the show is done.
 
#33 ·
I got the idea to undercoat it from a guy at my office. We were out in the parkinglot a few weeks back and he was all excited about what his friend did for him, so I look under there and I swear everything was covered in the undercoating, even his calipers and inside of the rims had overspray all over it. I had to kindly pass when he offered for his friend to do mine for cheap, cuz i can see why it would be so cheap. Ha.
 
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