Winter is here in Dalian, and judging by the weather forecast, it will snow…
It’s time to change snow tires!
I have always insisted on using snow tyres in winter. Since the second year after I bought Tour ‘an, I have replaced the two front wheels of Tour’ an with snow tyres.
Snow tire changing operation a.xcar.com.cn/bbs/thread-98630630-0.html? xuid=415177
It’s just that I bought two original wheel hubs for Tour ‘an, put them on snow tires, and carried one on the car to make a spare tire, and the other in the warehouse. For the past ten years, I have changed the tires myself twice a year. This way, I don’t have to go to a tire store.
Judging from ten years of experience, it is enough to replace the two front wheels of the front-wheel drive handlebar with snow tires. I once drove to Jilin Rime Island in winter, and replaced the two front wheels with snow tires to cope with the ice and snow roads in Northeast China. No problem. Single driving on Rime Island in January a.xcar.com.cn/bbs/thread-28814430-0.html? xuid=415177
It would be better if all four were snow tires, but when it was not snowing, the tire noise would be too loud and the fuel consumption would increase a lot. In a place like Dalian where there was not much snow in winter, it would be more appropriate and more economical to replace two tires.
After replacing Sharan this year, it is really impossible to buy these 19 models of wheel hubs, so a method like the Touan method is no longer available. I can only go to the tire store to pick the tires twice a year. This is good and saves me time!
All my tires were bought and maintained at Shenglianlong. The two Dunlop snow tires I ordered arrived today, and I drove a Sharan to change them.
There are no self-sealing snow tires, right?
I just picked a Dunlop snow tire with beautiful patterns and appearance. A 600 tire is much cheaper than the Michelin Haoyue 4 on the car, but it is still much more expensive than the snow tires used in Touran. The cost of using this Sharan is not even a bit higher than that of Touran!
The pattern is very consistent with my wishes. This pattern takes into account road use, so the tire noise on snow-free roads will not be too large.
This is the wear condition of the two front wheels of the car. Although there is no partial wear, the wear on both ends is relatively serious, indicating that the tire pressure is a bit low.
My tire pressure basically remains above 2.6 and is still like this, which means that it is still necessary to maintain the tire pressure at 2.8.
Do dynamic balance after changing the snow tires
Get on the car with snow tires.
I took the replaced tire away after being waxed and wrapped
I will change it again in the spring of next year, and the store manager promises to exchange it for free twice a year.
The two front wheels have been replaced with Dunlop snow tires. Although the driving experience is a little worse than that of the Michelin Haoyue 4, it is not much worse. After all, they are snow tires! The tire noise is slightly loud, but it is still acceptable. Other aspects such as grip are not bad. Snow tires are not bad in this regard. Even if the temperature is very low, there is a certain guarantee.
BradleyWat 
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September 4, 2024 
