# Winter-mode

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/winter-mode/247565>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [October 13, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/winter-mode/247565 "2009-10-13T17:41:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/winter-mode/247565/11 "2009-10-13T18:37:02Z")

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> [@Pro Bowl- Brain Moorman you got "jacked up"](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pro-bowl-brain-moorman-you-got-jacked-up/24380/26):
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> nice pictures. my BBS’s are coming off soon aswell.
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> you don’t use your factory wheels for snows?

I thought about it, but tires are cheaper for 17" wheels, I can get a narrower tread width (225/50-17), thicker sidewall, and it gives me an excuse to buy a set of wheels. :lol

> [@New Music? (hardcore, metal, death metal please)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-music-hardcore-metal-death-metal-please/24322/18):
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> Cool shots as usual.
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> I don’t plan on installing my snows until the first major snowfall hits the region. :lol

lol, waiting until a near death experience is usually when most do it :rofl

> [@miss matched tire question](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/miss-matched-tire-question/24401/45):
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> Nokian snow tires FTW!
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> Awesome pics man! Snow + awd = fun.

Yes.  
I love going to that ski area late at night when the roads are covered. I got stuck in a snowbank last year, good thing my friends were there to push me out.

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